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 Fireman B Trussell - West Hill, Wandsworth, London, UK
N 51° 27.401 W 000° 12.078
30U E 694432 N 5704327
This memorial to Fireman B Trussell, who died whilst on duty in 1981, stands outside Wandsworth Fire Station on the south side of West Hill in Wandsworth, London.
Waymark Code: WMJJWF
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/26/2013
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The granite plaque is inscribed:
In memory of
Fireman
B Trussell
who died on duty 21st May 1981
The report in the glazed stand adjacent to the memorial
plaque tells us:
Barry Trussell died a month after a
fire in the Intensive Care Unit of Tooting’s St Georges Hospital. The fire
started at 1.45am in the early hours of Monday 27th April 1981, and it took
45 firemen nearly an hour to put out the blaze, which destroyed the
storeroom. Four patients from the Intensive Care Unit and 20 others from two
nearby wards, including a children’s ward, had to be evacuated as firemen
struggled to contain the blaze. There was a sudden flash explosion in the
storeroom, which buried Barry Trussell, and he was removed to the special
burns unit of Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton with severe burns to his
hands and face. Barry died a month later, and left a wife, Gillian (24) and
a four month old baby daughter Karen. Police suspected the work of an
arsonist.
Physical address:
West Hill
Wandsworth
London, United Kingdom
Memorial Website: Not listed
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