Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Richard Henry Butler
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Poplar firemen
AFS London In memory of fifteen members of the Auxiliary Fire Service killed...
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David J. Chalmers
Leading Fireman David James Chalmers was born on 7 July 1909, the younger son of Ernest William Chalmers (b.1882) and Louisa Henrietta Chalmers née Stevens (b.1882). His birth was registered in Mil...
Auxiliary Fireman Frederick Scate
From the Sub Fire Station 6W, Cheyne Place. Died in a fire which took the lives of seven firemen, known as "The Wednesday".
W. J. Bintcliffe
Corps Treasurer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1908-1914.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
James Samuel Spratt
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...
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Thomas Hardy
Novelist and poet, best known for his novels set in rural 'Wessex' such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd. Born Upper Bockhampton, Dorset. Before turning to writing full-t...
L. Benstead
Member of the staff at the Public Record Office. Andrew Behan has researched Benstead: Private Leonard Richard Smith Benstead, M.M., was born on 6 July 1890 in Soho, Westminster, the eldest of the...
Patrick Cummings
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Patrick Eton Cummings was born on 21 September 1964 and died, aged 16 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at 439 New ...
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