Blue plaque № 5384

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Location

Old Palace School, St Leonards Road, Poplar E14

Inscription

In memory of the 13 London firemen and women and 21 Beckenham firemen killed on the night of 19th April 1941 when a bomb destroyed the old school being used as a sub-fire station. This is the largest single loss of Fire Brigade personnel in English history.