AFS Memorial Poplar - East India Dock Road, Poplar, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
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Poplar Fire Station is under the umbrella of the London Fire Brigade. The fire station is located on the south side of East India Dock Road close to All Saints Church and DLR station. The memorial plaque is on the front of the building.
Waymark Code: WMFPFZ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/13/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
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This fire station was built in the late 1960s so did not exist at the time of the London Blitz during World War II. The blitz started on 7th September 1940 and the firemen mentioned on the plaque were killed just a few days later.

The plaque reads:

AFS
London
In Memory of fifteen members
of the Auxiliary Fire Service
killed by enemy action
in World War II near this site
on the bight of 9th / 10th September 1940.

Fm. Thomas Charles Aldsworth
Fm. Richard Henry Butler
Fm. Oliver Cromwell Cheater
Fm. David Clatworthy
Fm. William Downes
Fm. James Fletcher
Fm. Samuel Joseph Gray
Fm. Christopher Edward Hartwell (Banstead)
Fm. George William Hill
Fm. Henry Piller
Fm. George Reardon
Fm. Thomas John Snowden
Fm. Albert Dennis Umney
Fm. William Wallis
Fm. John Whittaker Dilworth

 

Memorial Website: [Web Link]

Physical address:
168 East India Dock Road
Poplar
London, United Kingdom


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