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.
The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Service and was superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the C...
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...
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941. Charles Wesley Messenger Drew was born on 19 June 1913, a son of Charles Drew (1889-1964) and Ethel Drew née Mess...
Aged 36, was shot dead after entering the house in Cutler Street where robbers were trying to break into the jewellers behind.
