Building    From 1906  To 16/11/1940

Wandsworth Fire Station

Categories: Armed Forces, Tragedy

The display stand that forms part of the memorial contains a picture of this building shortly after the fire, but the glazing makes it difficult to photograph so we are using a picture of the building in happier days.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Wandsworth Fire Station

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Wandsworth Fire Station - stone plaque 1

The report in the glazed stand contain this text:  The memorial stones outsid...

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Wandsworth Fire Station - wall plaque

AFS - London In memory of six members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service wh...

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Other Subjects

B. S. Nyburg

B. S. Nyburg

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. J. Buckingham

W. J. Buckingham

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Admiral, Viscount Samuel Hood, GCB

Admiral, Viscount Samuel Hood, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Somerset.  Governor of of Greenwich Hospital, 1796 until his death.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dyson Pearman

Dyson Pearman

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Admiral Sir George Ommanney Willes

Admiral Sir George Ommanney Willes

Born Hampshire, son of a naval officer.  Went to sea aged 15.  Served in: East Indies and China, the Mediterranean.  Participated in the bombardment of Odessa and of Sebastopol.  Died at his home i...

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial

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Cooks' Hall

Cooks' Hall

Cooks' Hall was built circa 1500, escaped the Great Fire and was rebuilt and enlarged 1674. In 1764 a fire partially destroyed the Hall which was again rebuilt but it was totally destroyed by fire...

Building, Liveries & Guilds

2 memorials
Horace Montford

Horace Montford

Sculptor, at one time assistant to Matthew Noble.  Born Shrewsbury.  Father to Paul.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Science Museum war memorial

Science Museum war memorial

SW7, Exhibition Road

This plaque is made of a single piece of cast iron.

War dead | WW1, WW2
12 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Robert Hill Hanna, VC

Robert Hill Hanna, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 21 August 1917, age 30, while serving in the 29th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. "He coolly led his men against a strong point, displaying courage and pe...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
French Resistance / The Maquis

French Resistance / The Maquis

French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the...

Group, Armed Forces, France

2 memorials