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East Ham G/W

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We think "G/W" must refer to Green Watch. Andrew Behan writes "Every fire station has four 'watches': Red, White, Blue and Green. These are the rotas to which firemen are attached. Hunt and Stokoe were probably members of Green Watch.

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East Ham G/W

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Hunt & Stokoe plaque

In memory of our colleagues Terry Hunt and David Stokoe who gave their lives ...

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George William Hill

George William Hill

Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Walter Abraham Wilson

Walter Abraham Wilson

Killed as a result of a 13 October 1944 air raid on Coronation Avenue. Walter Abraham Wilson was born on 16 June 1882 in Hoxton, Middlesex (now Greater London), one of the seven children of Edward...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Col. Cyril W. Bowdler Bowdler, CB

Col. Cyril W. Bowdler Bowdler, CB

Chief Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1895-1911. Knight Justice in the Order of St John. In 2012 Roger Bowdler posted this at Genealogy: "My gt-gr...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Music / songs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Fm. Benjamin Mansbridge
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
S. E. Handley

S. E. Handley

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

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1928 flood

1928 flood

The Environment Agency gets the date wrong but we assume the rest is correct: "On 12th January 1928, numerous areas in London and the surrounding local authorities were flooded. In Lambeth, 14 peop...

Event, Tragedy

2 memorials
Stephen Borough

Stephen Borough

Explorer and naval administrator.  Born Devon.  Elder brother to William.  Sailed in the same North-East Passage expedition as Willoughby, as captain of the 'Edward Bonaventure', the ship that had ...

Person, Exploring

1 memorial
Councillor Doreen Mardon
1 memorial
Rodney Cyril Alban Fitzgerald, MA, Deputy

Rodney Cyril Alban Fitzgerald, MA, Deputy

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial