Person    | Male  Born 1876  Died 16/12/1910

PC Walter C. Choat

Aged 34, killed by a burglary gang fighting their way out of a building in Cutler Street.

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PC Walter C. Choat

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Houndsditch murders

Two other officers were crippled for life. The plaque does not mention the Si...

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B. G. Robinson

B. G. Robinson

Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive, London Fire and Civil Defence Authority in 1995.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Fireman Colin Comber

Fireman Colin Comber

Called to attend a fire in a restaurant in the King’s Road, Chelsea, he entered the building in breathing apparatus, along with his colleague Fireman Peter Brian O'Connell Hutchins, to locate the s...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial
Harry Richard Skinner

Harry Richard Skinner

Auxiliary Fireman Harry Richard Skinner was born on 8 December 1908 in Southwark, the third of the six children of John William Skinner (1874-1934) and Louise Skinner née Spratley (1879-1959). His ...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Stanley Short

Stanley Short

Leading Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941.  Stanley Short was born on 1 November 1904, the son Henry John Short (1873-1956) and Charlotte Short née H...

Person, Emergency Services, South Africa

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Pageants Wharf fire station

Pageants Wharf fire station

In its time, it was one of the busiest fire stations in London. Fires frequently broke out in the nearby wharves, and during the Blitz, the station attended many fires following bomb attacks. It ha...

Building, Emergency Services, Property

1 memorial