Obituary of Bob Gee

It is with much sadness that I inform you of the death of Chris Weedon on Wednesday 17 December after a long illness. Chris re-joined AF&RS as a Community Fire Safety Fitter in June 2005. His son Nik is a…

It is with much sadness that we inform you of the death of former Bristol Fire Brigade and Temple Back Fireman Terry Garland who passed away on Tuesday 2nd December 2014. Terry joined Bristol Fire Brigade around 1956, serving at Bridewell before transferring…

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.

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…