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Fireman Edward Preston

Categories: Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Fireman Edward Preston

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Fireman Edward Preston

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Surrey Theatre WW2 bomb

{Symbols for: LFB, AFS London, AFS Mitcham} In memory of eleven London Auxili...

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PC William Frederick Tyler

PC William Frederick Tyler

William Frederick Tyler was the third child of Alfred Tyler (1853-1900) and his first wife, Susan Tyler née Fenn (1852-1883). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1877 in the Hendon, Midd...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial
Auxiliary Firemen Victor Bruce Wratten

Auxiliary Firemen Victor Bruce Wratten

From the Sub Fire Station 6W, Cheyne Place. Died in a fire which took the lives of seven firemen, known as "The Wednesday".

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
John H. Maynard

John H. Maynard

Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Court Downs Road, Beckenham, Kent on 16 April 1941. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:  Fireman John Henry Maynard was born...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Fireman William George Brum
War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Fireman Colin William Whipps
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial

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Animals in war - horses

Animals in war - horses

W1, Brook Gate

This is an impressive memorial but many people find it over-sentimental. Like most war memorials it insists we remember the fallen but in...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Born New York City as Eleanor Roosevelt. Went to finishing school in England. In 1905 at her wedding to her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was given away by her uncle, President Theodor...

Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial
Edgar Wilson

Edgar Wilson

Maker of model houses. Born c.1870. At the time he made the villages he was about 75 years old and living at 70 Hamilton Road, Norwood. The Friends of Vauxhall Park are very informative: "The Mode...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial