John Walter Highams, aged 71 years, passed away on the 7th June 2020 following a fatal Heart attack. John joined the Fire Service in Slough when he was 18 and later transferred to the Avon Fire Brigade where he retired…

Tom King died at home on June 20th aged 74 years. He served as a firefighter from 1963 – 1990. He started his career with Hertfordshire Fire Service aged 18 based at Watford, and moved to Weston-super-Mare when Avon was…

David Williams aged 76 years, passed away on the 02nd May 2020. David joined the Bristol Fire Brigade in 1962 and served at many stations in the Bristol and Avon Fire Services, he retired in 1993 after 31 years service.…

John Crawley, aged 66 years passed away on 27th April 2020. John served as a Retained Firefighter at station 02 Thornbury from 1986 until 1996, during the day he served as a Paramedic with professions skills he was able to…

Stuart Taylor aged 67 years passed away on Easter Sunday, 12th April 2020. Stuart served as wholetime Firefighter at A5 Patchway Fire Station in the Gloucestershire and County of Avon Fire Brigade era’s. His father, Harry Taylor was  Station Officer…

Robert (Bob) Pegden passed away on 12th April 2020, aged 81 years, following a very short illness. Bob had recently returned from Australia visiting his son Ian. Bob joined the Bristol Fire Brigade in 1963, serving at Bridwell and later…

It is with much sadness that we have received notification of the death of retired Divisional Officer John Parnham who passed away on 27th March 2020. John was 90 years of age, his passing was not in connection with the…

It is with much sadness that I inform you of the passing of Dennis Lucas aged 95 years on Friday 6th March 2020. Dennis joined Bristol Fire Brigade in 1948, after service in the RAF and a tour of duty…

It is with much regret that I inform you that Pete Taylor passed away on Friday 7th February, following a long illness Pete was 76 years of age, he retired from  AF&RS in November 1995. He leaves a widow, Denies…

Barry Ridge passed away in January 2020, aged 78 years Barry, was born on 2nd July 1941. He joined the Bristol Fire Brigade in the 1960’s and served at Station 3 Avonmouth. He left the Bristol Fire Brigade and started…