Group    From 21/3/1991 

Firefighters Memorial Trust

Originally established as 'The Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust Fund’ in a Deed dated 21st March 1991, it sought to commemorate the lives of those members of the Fire Service who were killed in the line of duty during World War Two by the erection and maintenance of a memorial statue and the staging of an Annual Service of Remembrance.

In the year 2000 it was agreed that the statue should become a national memorial dedicated to all members of the Fire and Rescue Service across the United Kingdom and a new base was added to accommodate the additional names.

On 4 October 2010 HM The Queen granted a Royal Charter to the then re-named ‘Firefighters Memorial Trust’ that led to a ceremonial standard being designed in July 2011. HRH The Princess Royal attended a dedication ceremony at which she presented the Royal Charter and the ceremonial standard to the Trust.

It continues to organises an annual Service of Remembrance and wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial on the 2nd Sunday in September.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Firefighters Memorial Trust

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National Firefighters memorial

Two figures in the sculpture are based on a photograph, “A relief crew dampin...

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Other Subjects

Victor Ralph Farley Chipperfield

Victor Ralph Farley Chipperfield

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1. Victor Ralph Farley Chipperfield was born on 21 August 1897, a son of Henry William Chipperfield (b. circa ...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Yvonne Fletcher

Yvonne Fletcher

Semley, Wiltshire was the home of Yvonne Fletcher until she became a Police Constable in the Metropolitan Police. She was shot while on duty outside the Libyan Embassy in St James Square, London an...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

2 memorials
Fireman Edward Henry Smith
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Sub Officer Edward Alfred Hollet
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Keith Palmer

Keith Palmer

Police Constable 4157U, Keith David Palmer. From the Police Memorial Trust: "PC Palmer, though unarmed, stopped a knife-wielding terrorist from entering the Palace of Westminster during the 2017 W...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial