James Braidwood stone plaque
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# James Braidwood at 33 Tooley Street Standing before 33 Tooley Street on this narrow Southwark lane, you're positioned at the very epicenter of one of Victorian London's greatest catastrophes—the Great Fire of 1861 that consumed the massive warehouses lining the Thames. James Braidwood, the pionee...
Location
33 Tooley Street, Southwark, SE1
Inscription
To the memory of James Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, who was killed near this spot in the execution of his duty at the great fire on 22nd June 1861. A just man and one that feared god, of good report among all the nation.