Person    | Male  Died 10/9/1940

William Downes

Categories: Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

William Downes

Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar

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William Downes

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Poplar firemen

AFS London In memory of fifteen members of the Auxiliary Fire Service killed...

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J. H. Brimble

J. H. Brimble

Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
M. E. Sprague

M. E. Sprague

Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Insp.-Gen. Belgrave Ninnis, CVO, MD, FSA, RN

Insp.-Gen. Belgrave Ninnis, CVO, MD, FSA, RN

Chief Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1898-1911. Knight Justice in the Order of St John. Inspector-General Belgrave Ninnis was a Royal Navy surgeo...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Exploring, Medicine

1 memorial
Frederick Charles Augustus Mayger

Frederick Charles Augustus Mayger

Frederick Charles Augustus Mayger was born on 27 June 1877 the eldest of the five children of George Augustus Mayger (1855-1901) and Mary Jane Mayger née Blatchford (1858-1895). His birth was regis...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services

War served, WW1
1 memorial
George William Hill

George William Hill

Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial

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Scotty's Little Soldiers

A charity dedicated to supporting children and young people who had a parent who died whilst serving in the British Armed Forces. Founded by Nikki Scott, whose husband Corporal Lee Scott was killed...

Group, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley

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Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
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John Robinson

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0 memorials
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Born to the King of Castile she was aged 13 when she married the future King of England, Edward I. It was a political, arranged marriage which seems to have been happy and successful as well, if 16...

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2 memorials
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Harkness Roses

Rose growing company, founded in Yorkshire by brothers John and Robert Harkness, and still run as a family firm.

Group, Commerce, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial