Person    | Female  Died 1/11/1940

Joan Mary Ridd

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.

Joan Mary Ridd

Auxiliary Fire Servicewoman killed in the air raid on Ricardo Street School. ScarletBoy has a page of information about Ridd.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Joan Mary Ridd

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Ricardo Street School air raid - AFS plaque

In memory of five members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service killed by enem...

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Ricardo Street School air raid - Fire Brigades Union plaque

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