This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Fm. Arthur Batchelor
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Rathbone Street WW2 fire station - AFS
This plaque was unveiled on 18 September 2020 at a small memorial ceremony bu...
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Arthur James Jones
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Arthur James Jones was born on 16 April 1893. Electoral registers from 1931 onward sh...
J. S. Coull
Canadian firefighter. He and a London firefighter were killed when a V1 flying bomb fell on part of Wildcroft Manor and exploded as they were attending a fire. Another Winnipegger, J.R.C. Leguee, s...
Fm.John Victor Appleby
Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched Appleby: Fireman John Victor Appleby was born on 20 June 1946 and his birth was registered in Poplar. He was the son of...
Order of St John of Jerusalem
Order of St John of Jerusalem The Order of St John of Jerusalem combined religion, crusading military might and the care of the sick. 1309-1522 the primary home of the Order was the island of Rhode...
D. H. Lone
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.
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24th London Division - memorial
SW11, East Carriage Drive, Battersea Park
These 3 figures are said to be modelled on the soldier poets: Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, and Siegfried Sassoon but the carved faces are...
Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
In WW2 each local council was responsible for setting up the local ARP to protect civilians from air raids. ARP Wardens were important members, enforcing the blackout, sounding the alarms, etc.
Soane's Tomb
NW1, Pancras Road, St Pancras Gardens
This beautiful and sombre monument incorporates Soane's favourite emblems of Creativity and Eternity, the pineapple and ouroboros (a serp...
William Freer Lucas
His obituary in the BMJ includes a poem in Latin. For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
Edward the Black Prince
Edward, Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Wales and Aquitaine. Eldest son of King Edward III, born at the Palace of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. In his lifetime he was known as Edward of Woodstock; the sou...
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