London Fire Brigade Remember Firefighters Hit By WW2 Bomb

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Six men died during November 1940 air raid in Wandsworth

The London Firebrigade this weekend remembers the six firefighters who died when Wandsworth Fire Station was hit by a bomb during WW2.

The bomb hit on 16th November 1940 when the old fire station on West Hill was destroyed during a heavy air raid. It was hit by a an oil-bomb and immediately caught fire.

Firefighters in the basement were able to escape through a hatch and Battersea Fire Station was able to send help immediately. Some fire fighters were rescued from the Recreation Room, but tragically six lost their lives.

C Andreazzi, D Aust, W Brum, W Beard, L Isaacs and A Turner were named as the dead and a memorial stands today outside the new Fire Station in memory of all six men.