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THE SALAMANDER November 2021
The Worshipful Company
of Firefighters
The Wax Chandlers’ Hall, 6 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AD
FOUNDER
Gerry Clarkson CBE, OStJ, QFSM
COURT OF THE COMPANY
Master, Wardens and Court from 2nd July 2021
MASTER: Graham Maltby QFSM
UPPER WARDEN: Stephen Sanders
RENTER WARDEN: Dr Nicole Hoffmann UNDER WARDEN: Prof. David Holt
UNDER WARDEN-IN-WAITING: Andrew Philips IMMEDIATE PAST MASTER: Frances Blois
COURT OF ASSISTANTS
Richard Bratton, John Goodrum, Maurice Heaster, Dr Nicole Hoffmann, Peter Holland CBE, OStJ, QFSM,
Prof. David Holt, Bernard Laluvein, Michael Leaver, Stephen Neville OBE, Andrew Phillips, Lt Cdr Andrew Rhodes, Mark Rist, Colin Simpson,
David Skilleter, Anthony Skinner, Graham Woodhouse, Alan Woods. Including Voting Past Masters: Frances Blois, Andrew Mayes J.P.
John Mansfield, Bruce Hoad BEM,
CLERK: Steven Tamcken
BEADLE: John Norris SBStJ
FINANCE MANAGER/ASSISTANT CLERK: Geoffrey Fall IT MANAGER: Colin Simpson
HONORARY ALMONER: Peter Cowland
HONORARY ARCHIVIST: Prof. David Holt HONORARY CHAPLAIN: Rev George Bush STANDARD BEARER: John Kempton MBE
Committee Chairs
FINANCE: Mark Rist
MEMBERSHIP: Dr Nicole Hoffmann
EVENTS: Robert Howard
PR & MARKETING: Colin Simpson
NOMINATIONS: Jeremy Beech CBE, SBStJ, QFSM
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE TRUST: Chair - Graham Maltby QFSM
CONTENTS
FROM THE EDITOR 3 FROM MASTER 4 CHARITABLE TRUST 7 COMPANY MEMBERS 10 COMPANY NEWS 14 NEWS ROUND UP 22 MEMORABILIA 28 FROM THE CLERK 30
Cover Image:
Kick starting the economy and Company after a long period of lock down.
Photo Shutterstock stock image
The Salamander
EDITOR: Dr Robert Farquhar - Robert@wcoff.org DESIGN: Colin Simpson - Colin@wcoff.org WEB: http://www.wcoff.org
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