Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS

Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS

The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Service and was superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the C...

Group, Emergency Services

18 memorials
Ronald M. Bailey

Ronald M. Bailey

Auxiliary Fireman Ronald Mark Bailey was born on 4 August 1915 in Balham, the eldest of the four children of Mark Bailey (b.1881) and Violet Rosina Bailey, née Mann (1893-1972). He was baptised on ...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
W. Baker

W. Baker

Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Victor Baldessarre

Victor Baldessarre

Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man and first needs to comment on the spelling of the surname: The Firefighte...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Alan C. Barber

Alan C. Barber

Auxiliary Fireman Alan Charles Barber was born 15 May 1914 in West Norwood, Surrey, the son of William Charles Edward Barber (1881-1967) and Ethel Barber née Langton (b.1882).  His father was a Car...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Fm. James Anthony Bardens

Fm. James Anthony Bardens

Fire fighter who died as a result of a fire at Wyndham Road, SE5.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Auxiliary Firewoman Joan Fanny Mary Bliss Bartlett

Auxiliary Firewoman Joan Fanny Mary Bliss Bartlett

Firewoman with the Auxiliary Fire Service. Killed during an air-raid at Cubitt Town School which was being used as an emergency depot. She was aged 18. Joan Fanny Mary Bliss Bartlett was born on 2...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Fm. Arthur Batchelor
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Charles John Bates

Charles John Bates

Charles John Bates was born on 6 December 1903 in Deptford, London, a son of Thomas Alfred Bates (1875-1936) and Elizabeth Louisa Bates née Manley (1878-1962). His birth was registered in the 1st q...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
L.Fm. Jack Bathie
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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