Founding Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters. Buckingham Covers has a short biography.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Gerald Clarkson
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National Firefighters memorial
Two figures in the sculpture are based on a photograph, “A relief crew dampin...
Other Subjects
Fredk. W. Osborne
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Acting Corporal Frederick William Perry
Frederick William Perry was born circa 1896/7, a son of William Perry. In May 1914 he was appointed as an assistant postman in the London Postal Region. On 23 August 1915 he enlisted in Wandswort...
H. Dowsett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Major Cyril Martin, GC
Soldier. Born Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin in Derby. He served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and then with the Corps of Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Squad. In Battersea on 17/18th January 1943,...
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Temple of Mithras / London Mithraeum
The photo shows visitors at the excavation site in 1954. Alamy have another shot from above. Martins Bank and Great Wen both have photos of the temple in its Queen Victoria Street home, 1962-2011. ...
Guglielmo Marconi
Born Bologna. Arrived in London, with his mother, in 1896 to patent his method of communication without wires. In 1897 he established the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company, which survived und...
William C. Plant
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman William Charles Plant was bor...
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