Event    From 1/11/1940  To 2/11/1940

Ricardo Street School bombing

Categories: Emergency Services

The school was used as a fire sub-station. It received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb; Our photograph shows a hole in the floor of a classroom on the second floor. Twelve firefighters were trapped in the debris, with five losing their lives.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Ricardo Street School bombing

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Ricardo Street School air raid - AFS plaque

In memory of five members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service killed by enem...

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Ricardo Street School air raid - Fire Brigades Union plaque

Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of Arthur Wenborne Ernest Hyde Walter Har...

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Walter Charles Hart

Walter Charles Hart

Auxiliary Fire Serviceman killed in the air raid on Ricardo Street School.

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Col. Cyril W. Bowdler Bowdler, CB

Col. Cyril W. Bowdler Bowdler, CB

Chief Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1895-1911. Knight Justice in the Order of St John. In 2012 Roger Bowdler posted this at Genealogy: "My gt-gr...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Music / songs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
G. W. Kendall, MD, BCH

G. W. Kendall, MD, BCH

Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1911-1942. Officer in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
PC William Frederick Tyler

PC William Frederick Tyler

William Frederick Tyler was the third child of Alfred Tyler (1853-1900) and his first wife, Susan Tyler née Fenn (1852-1883). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1877 in the Hendon, Midd...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial
Fireman Richard Daniel Stocking

Fireman Richard Daniel Stocking

Richard Daniel Stocking was born on 19 November 1926, the third of the five children of Richard Daniel Stocking (1903-1953) and Rose Florence Stocking née Oates (1902-1951). His birth was registere...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial