Person    | Male  Born 16/4/1910  Died 20/4/1941

Leonard Roots

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.

Leonard Roots

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 Leading Fireman Leonard Roots was born on 16 April 1910 in Beckenham, Kent, the son of Herbert Roots and Elizabeth Emma Tombs née Roots. His father was a Pewterer. The 1911 census shows the family living at 142 Victor Road, Penge, Kent.

In 1936 he married Emily S. Martin in Bromley, Kent and on 4 March 1938 their son, John was born but unfortunately died only four days later on 8 March 1938. The 1939 England and Wales Register shows them living at 10 Avenue Court, Avenue Road, London, S.E.20. and that he was also a member of the Auxiliary Fire Service at the Elmers End Road London Passenger Transport Board Garage, Section No.3 AFS, Beckenham. His normal occupation was shown as a Pewterer. He died when a German bomb landed on Auxiliary Fire Service Sub Station 24U, which was housed in Old Palace LCC School, St. Leonards Street, Poplar, aged 31 years, on 20 April 1941. His death certificate shows that his body was not found until two days later on 22 April 1941. He was buried at Beckenham Cemetery and Crematorium, Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TD.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Leonard Roots

Commemorated ati

Beckenham Auxiliary firemen

Those killed at Old Palace School are also commemorated (not by name) on a pl...

Read More

Other Subjects

James Samuel Spratt

James Samuel Spratt

Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - auxiliary ambulance driver. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: James Samuel Spratt was born on 28 January 1904 in Poplar, a son of James Cha...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Frederick G. Parcell

Frederick G. Parcell

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 Frederick George Parcell was ...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
A. Lapierre

A. Lapierre

Canadian firefighter, a section leader from Montreal. Died in a road accident in Bristol. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Section Leader Alfred Lapierre was born on 19 January 1893...

Person, Emergency Services, Canada

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
George Sidney Pasco

George Sidney Pasco

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1916-1937. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
DC Jim Morrison

DC Jim Morrison

Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police. Fatally stabbed when, although off duty, he attempted to arrest a bag thief and died, aged 26, on 13 December 1991. Posthumously awarded the Queen'...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy, Scotland

1 memorial

Previously viewed

St Dunstans - noticeboards

St Dunstans - noticeboards

E1, Stepney High Street

We were reading this board and deciding it really was not interesting enough to collect, and then we read the last statement. The boards...

2 subjects commemorated
Dickens bust - EC1

Dickens bust - EC1

EC1, Holborn, 273, Holborn Bars (ex-Prudential Building)

Dickens lodged at Furnival's Inn while writing the first part of Pickwick Papers.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
E. Smith, Snr.

E. Smith, Snr.

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
UCL quad - creation

UCL quad - creation

WC1, Gower Street, University College London

The original UCL, built 1825 - 1832, comprised this quad and its buildings, by the architect William Wilkins (1778 -1839).

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool. One of the four Beatles. March 1969 married Linda Eastman.

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

4 memorials