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A.F.S Fire Service, WW2 LONDON
« on: Thursday 23 April 15 17:13 BST (UK) »
Im looking to find where my fathers fire station was in London in WW2,his name was Tomas Patterson Welch,i was only 13 when he died, now Im 70 and looking to visit London,also where is the Fire Brigade Museum ?? ...Keith

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Re: A.F.S Fire Service, WW2 LONDON
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 23 April 15 18:02 BST (UK) »
Welcome to rootschat, Keith.

A quick google search gives:

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/london-fire-brigade-museum.asp

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Deaths June quarter  1959   Thomas P Welch age 50 Eastbourne

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Re: A.F.S Fire Service, WW2 LONDON
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 23 April 15 18:21 BST (UK) »
Do you know if he was attached to a local station, and so looked for him and Kathleen on ER's before and after WW2?
Or was the family based in Hailsham/Cuckfield area?

Brief history of AFS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_Fire_Service

( Marriage March quarter 1937 in Hailsham  Kathleen Gibbons  and Thomas P Welch )
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