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George Merrett – 1879 to 1919

George Merrett 1879-1919

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Charles James Harrison 1862 – 1916

Charles James Harrison 1862 – 1916

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Arthur Wale 1860 – 1906

Arthur Wale 1860-1906

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Peter McGrath – 04.10.2014

Pete McGrath Joined the County of Avon Fire Brigade in the 1970’s and was posted to A2 Southmead serving as a Fireman on Red Watch. He passed away after a long illness.

Posted in In Memoriam

Aubrey Willcocks – 07.05.2014

Aubrey joined the National Fire Service (NFS) as a messenger boy in 1944 and Clevedon Fire Brigade, continued as a retained member under Somerset Fire Brigade. He retired in 1984 from the Avon Fire Brigade as a Station Officer of

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Trevor Osborne – 08.03.2014

Trevor Osborne was born on 8th May 1933. He was the eldest of three sons and owing to his fathers early death took on the role of the family bread winner. Before joining the Somerset Fire Brigade Trevor was a

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David Jenkins – 04.03.2014

Location: Bristol Fire Brigade. Position: Wholetime Firefighter. David joined the Bristol Fire Brigade and served at Avonmouth later transferring to Southmead Fire Station, from where he retired in September 1982

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Warren King – 30.01.2014

Location: Gloucestershire. Warren served in the Gloucestershire Fire Brigade based at South Division Headquarters in the early 1970’s and was in charge of Pilning, Patchway, Kingswood and Yate Fire Stations, transferring the Avon Fire Brigade in 1974. He later transferred

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Peter Summers – 20.12.2013

Location: Somerset FB. Position: Wholetime Firefighter. Pete joined the Retained Service in the 1960’s at Frome,Somerset. In 1970 he had the opportunity to join the Wholetime service and went to Reigate for training. During his service with Somerset/Avon Fire Brigade

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Malcolm (Mac) Aston – 01.12.2013

Location: Bristol Fire Brigade. Position: Sub Officer Mac joined the Bristol Fire Brigade and spent most of his service at Speedwell Fire Station, until he was transferred to the Training Department, Driving Instructor for many years. Mac was a well

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