From their website: "The FBU is one of the UK’s oldest specialist trade unions, with a proud history. Since 1918 the union has supported firefighters, influenced fire safety policy and won improved pay, terms and conditions for its members."
At Remembering our Fallen Heroes they have a long list of names under the title 'In the line of duty'.
See also Firemen Remembered.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Fire Brigades Union
Unveiled on the 34th anniversary of the fire and Townsley's death.
From FBU: "The first memorial plaque to honour the lives of firefighters who ...
To mark the 60th anniversary of the fire this plaque was unveiled, on one of ...
Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of Hamish Pettit of the London Fire Briga...
Rotary clubs were founded to encourage fellowship amongst members of local business communities.
The AJR provides an extensive range of social and welfare services, and grants financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Great Britain. The AJR’s plaque scheme honours p...
The gardens were in the northern part of Battersea Park, which had been transformed as part of the Festival of Britain. Among its features, were a tree walk and the popular Guinness clock (picture...
It occupied the building that once was Bow Public Library. We can find find no further information about its function, nor who Vernon was.
From their website: "The Belsize Residents Association grew out of a campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s to stop the area being split in two by a motorway." The group "seek to preserve the ...
The name was first recorded in the 15th century, and maps of this period show it was located in front of the area now occupied by Ladywell railway station. It was probably a holy well dedicated to ...
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Died Weimar.
Built in the 1850s by John Bennet Lawes to house the workers in his chemicals factory. Its foundations were unstable, and on the night of 31st January 1953, the village was swamped by the floods wh...
Founded in 1882 by Constance Louisa Maynard and Ann Dudin Brown, as a residential women's college modelled on women's colleges already established in Oxford and Cambridge. The name probably came fr...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
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