The London Salvage Corps was set up after the Tooley Street Fire of 1861.
Their job was to rescue valuables from fire, protect goods from damage by water, etc. to minimise the claims submitted to the insurance companies. The London salvage corps uniform was much the same as the fire brigade uniform, it had white fronts to the collar to distinguish them.
It was established in January 1866 and was disbanded after 118 years of service in April 1984.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London Salvage Corps
On this site stood the headquarters of the London Salvage Corps, 1907 to 1960.
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.
Notable surgeon during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Strong advocate of the antiseptic surgical methods proposed by Joseph Lister and he served in conflicts such as the Boer War. An...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Ireland
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Cyril John Hawthorn was born 23 April 1909, the third of the four sons of Elwin Hawthor...
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.
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941. Frederick Walter Moore was born on 25 June 1905 in Leyton, Essex, a son of Kenelm Frederick Moore (1878-1969) and ...
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