Born Poplar. A firefighter in WW2 he became Chief Officer of the West Ham Fire Brigade. In 1955 he moved to Australia where he set up firefighting and safety centres in Australasia and in Beirut.
West Ham Fire brigade and National Fire Service 1925 - 1955. Awarded the O.B.E.
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Cyril Demarne
Our colleague Andrew Behan points out the following errors on this plaque: Fi...
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Cyril Demarne
Two figures in the sculpture are based on a photograph, “A relief crew dampin...
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1902-1952. Officer in the Order of St John.
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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.
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.
Edith Bacon was born on 20 January 1895 in Catfield, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, one of the eleven children of Philip Arthur Gillings Bacon (1859-1926) and Edith Bacon née Pollard (1859-1936). Her bir...
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman Leslie Thomas Healey was born...
Guitarist and songwriter. Born Washington, USA. View from the Mirror has done a wonderful job plotting Hendrix's London, with lots of pictures including ones we had not seen before taken on the da...
Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near poverty and was afflicted with a pronounced speech impediment. The first actor to be knighted. 1878 - 1902 he managed the Lyc...
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