Nationwide fire service created during WW2 from the amalgamation of the wartime Auxiliary Fire Service and the many local authority fire brigades. After the war it was split into brigades again under local authority control.
The Firefighters Memorial Trust's website states that the National Fire Service was created on 18 August 1941 and continued in existence until 1 April 1948.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
National Fire Service / NFS
The Beckenham firemen are also commemorated, and listed by name, on a plaque ...
Deputy Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1907-1915. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The BMJ, 1915 Aug 28; 2(2852): 351 carries an obituary: "L...
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1909-1940. Officer in the Order of St John. The Straits Times, 29 September 1940, Page 2 carried an obituary: "WESTMINSTER ...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Tragedy
Alfred Horace Parsons was born on 6 September 1894 in Hackney, London, one of the four children of William Temlett Parsons (1860-1927) and Clara Elizabeth Parsons née Goodwin (1870-1935). His birth...
One of five fire-watchers killed on the night bombs fell on Chelsea Old Church and the surrounding area. Manager at Gregory Bottley & Co. Mineralogists of 30 Old Church Street. He had been with...
Crushed under a collapsing wall in Shoe Lane or St Bride Street while fighting a fire in the Blitz. Our picture, 'House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane' is a painting by Leonard Rosoman who, a...
On this site between 1680 and 1778 stood Jonathan’s Coffee House, the principal meeting place of the City’s Stockbrokers. The Corporation...
The first settlement of the Nepali community in London.
This scheme converted a roundabout, which was unfriendly to pedestrians and people on bikes, into two-way roads and created a plaza in front of the station. This is happening at many locations all ...
Born Glasgow. Reid was his mother's maiden name. Other work in London: 1936 - Boy with Frog fountain in Regent's Park and The Herald at 85 Fleet Street. Died at home in 16 Maida Vale in the house...
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