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Firefighters Memorial
Charitable Trust
The Trust is also responsible for the United
Kingdom Fire Services participation in the
National Service of Remembrance held at the
Cenotaph in London each year and for their
The Founding Master of the Worshipful
involvement at the National Memorial
Company of Firefighters, Gerry Clarkson, CBE,
Arboretum in Staffordshire, which covers an area
OStJ, QFSM, is also the Founder Chairman of the
of some 150 acres with over 40,000 trees
Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust who have
planted since 1997. The Trustees are also
the responsibility for commemorating all the
responsible for the commemorative aspects of
United Kingdom Firefighters who sadly lose their
the UK Fire Service Chapel at the Fire Service
lives in the course of their operational firefighting
College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire.
duties.
In addition, the Board of Trustees work closely
The Trust own and are responsible for the very
with Government and other fire related
moving United Kingdom National Memorial,
organisations, especially the Fire Services
which stands proudly by St Paul’s Cathedral and
National Benevolent Fund, whose Patron is Her
was unveiled in 1991 by Her Majesty Queen
Majesty The Queen.
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
The Memorial initially recorded the 997 names,
cast in bronze, of those Firefighters who sadly
lost their lives during the Blitz on our Nation in
the last war. Since then the Memorial has been
raised and rededicated by the Trust’s Patron,
HRH The Princess Royal, to accommodate the
names, cast in bronze, of over 1,100 Firefighters
killed in peacetime operations.
An Annual Service of Remembrance is held every
September, which sadly coincides with the
devastating events of 9/11. In the last year or so,
it has been necessary to add five names of UK
Firefighters who were tragically killed on active
firefighting duties. These brave Firefighters can
give no more than their lives whilst they are
endeavouring to protect & rescue members of
the public and their property. The very least
families and loved ones can expect is that their
sacrifice is formally recognised and recorded.
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Neil Wallington
Past Master Colin Livett
Liveryman Nick Clarkson
Graham Scott
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A REPORT ON OUR CHARITIES
Deputy Editor Colin Livett continues the series of information on the
wide ranging work of the charities supported by the Worshipful
Company of Firefighters. In this edition of Salamander Colin looks at the
Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust whose Patron is HRH The
Princess Royal.
Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust -