Admittedly the badge is for an overseas contingent rather than Wandsworth but it's lovely, and the source website gives: "In 1938 the Auxiliary Fire Service was formed. The formation of the NFS would ensure uniformity in much of the basic equipment used by the country's Fire Brigades during what was the busiest time ever in the history of the United Kingdom’s Fire Service. The name was changed to The National Fire Service in August 1941 when the regional regular Fire Brigades and the AFS were merged. After the war the Fire Brigades were split and once again were organised on a regional basis, being taken over by local County Authorities. During World War II, National Fire Service also operated overseas. Column No.4 Overseas Contingent was deployed in the North West Europe Theatre of War during 1945."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Wandsworth Fire Service Old Comrades Association
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Wandsworth Fire Station - stone plaque 1
The report in the glazed stand contain this text: The memorial stones outsid...
Wandsworth Fire Station - stone plaque 2
The report in the glazed stand contain this text: Barry Trussell died a mont...
Other Subjects
Lance Corporal Joseph John Bolton
Joseph John Bolton was born on 8 January 1889, the eldest of the five children of Joseph George Bolton (1863-1942) and Emily Bolton née Challis (1859-1947). His birth was registered in the 1st quar...
K. Rudovsky
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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Lord Eldon
WC1, Bedford Square, 6
London County Council Lord Eldon, 1751 - 1838, Lord Chancellor, lived here.
Edith S. Kerrison
The first woman to serve on the West Ham council and an advocate of welfare for women and children. Was offered the Mayoralty but in view of her advancing years and increasing deafness she declined...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
EC2, Guildhall Yard, St Lawrence Jewry
The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supportin...
Fawcett frieze - 36, Robinson
SW1, Parliament Square
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
The Langham Hotel
W1, Portland Place, 1
The plaque was unveiled by the writer and former MP Gyles Brandreth.
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