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Our late President, Brian William " Bill" Butler: MBE. O St J. QFSM. 1935-2016.
Brian joined the LFB in the mid 1950's, and started his long career in the old " B " Divison at D 60 Clapham. He was to rise briskly through the ranks as he clearly possessed all the attributes of a fine, dedicated officer. Although he did on occasion find himself posted outside of his beloved "B" Division, he always managed to return there.
Bills achievements included the firegound management of the notorious Brixton riots of 1981, a task that later set the benchmark for all Brigade management in this type of incident.
He was a gentleman and an officer, never to be taken lightly and with an astute operational mind that was the envy of many of his peers. He never suffered fools easily and always desired clarity in any conversation about the Brigade accepting no "grey" areas. His service spanned almost 40 years, all in the London Fire Brigade, and that service is remembered with great appreciation and respect, as was the man. A true gentleman never to be forgotton.
Brian joined the LFB in the mid 1950's, and started his long career in the old " B " Divison at D 60 Clapham. He was to rise briskly through the ranks as he clearly possessed all the attributes of a fine, dedicated officer. Although he did on occasion find himself posted outside of his beloved "B" Division, he always managed to return there.
Bills achievements included the firegound management of the notorious Brixton riots of 1981, a task that later set the benchmark for all Brigade management in this type of incident.
He was a gentleman and an officer, never to be taken lightly and with an astute operational mind that was the envy of many of his peers. He never suffered fools easily and always desired clarity in any conversation about the Brigade accepting no "grey" areas. His service spanned almost 40 years, all in the London Fire Brigade, and that service is remembered with great appreciation and respect, as was the man. A true gentleman never to be forgotton.
We are saddened to have to report the loss of our member Michael Herschell, Mick had served at Croydon and Soho during his career. He passed away on 19th October 2019.
Our former Chairman, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm fireman, London Fire Brigade fireman, West Sussex Sub Officer and all round gentleman and founder member of this group sadly passed away on March 12th 2021 after a long illness.
Peter, and his wife Julia, were instrumental in making this restoration project happen and without their incredible generosity of time, facilitating and behind the scenes matters ensured that our efforts were to be successful.
We are sad to report the passing of one of our original founder members, James Geoghegan on November 7th 2021. Jim had served within the A & C Divisions through the 1970,s and early 1980's before arriving at K22 Wandsworth as Sub O. He quickly committed to supporting the idea of purchasing and restoring 240FLM and often turned out to see her whenever it was near his home.
The group were proud to have been able to escort Jim on his final journey on the 25th November at Gloucester. Gloucestershire..
We are again sad to report the passing on another of our founder members, Eric Goldsmith. Eric had served at the old Greenwich and East Greenwich, Lewisham fire stations and latterly at E Division Staff . His family continued to serve with his son David being a Station Officer at L24 ( F38) Romford for many years.
On Friday 18th November 2022, we said farewell to one of our original founder members, Mick Burke.
The group carried Mick on his final shout on the back of 240FLM which was indeed fitting as he had previously served at the old B29 New Cross fire Station, original home of 240FLM, from 1964 to 1969.
Michael joined the brigade in 1963 aged 22 after moving to London from Ireland
where he came to know the appliance well as his service included TL training and operating this very appliance.
farewell Mick and thankyou for your service and support.
The group carried Mick on his final shout on the back of 240FLM which was indeed fitting as he had previously served at the old B29 New Cross fire Station, original home of 240FLM, from 1964 to 1969.
Michael joined the brigade in 1963 aged 22 after moving to London from Ireland
where he came to know the appliance well as his service included TL training and operating this very appliance.
farewell Mick and thankyou for your service and support.
On 21st January 2024, we said farewell to our old colleague and group founder member John Cox.
John joined the London Fire Brigade in March 1967 and, after initial training, was posted to K30 New Malden. 3 years of service followed there before moving to K22 Wandsworth on the White Watch where he remained for over 17 years. During that time, John attended many major incidents, the most notable being the Iranian Embassy Siege in West London during the 5 day period of 30th April to 5th May 1980. John had been driving 240FLM on the 5th May at its home base at Wandsworth when the call came in to move the appliance to A28 Kensington as their appliance had been called onto the developing situation at the Embassy. The SAS had attacked the terrorists holding the hostages and a fire had started. En route to Kensington, 240FLM was diverted to the now raging fire and “got to work” for several hours.
In 1988, following his time at Wandsworth, John transferred to D26 Twickenham red watch where in 1995, he concluded his service within the LFB.
A family man, john had spent a lifetime participating in his favourite hobby of fishing and he remained an enthusiastic LFB retiree for the remainder of his life.
In 2014, 240FLM was purchased by our newly formed group, of which Joh was one of the earliest members and he was finally re acquainted with his old favourite appliance in November 2014 at the very first meeting of the 240FLM TL Preservation Group at Wicken in Cambridgeshire.
In 1988, following his time at Wandsworth, John transferred to D26 Twickenham red watch where in 1995, he concluded his service within the LFB.
A family man, john had spent a lifetime participating in his favourite hobby of fishing and he remained an enthusiastic LFB retiree for the remainder of his life.
In 2014, 240FLM was purchased by our newly formed group, of which Joh was one of the earliest members and he was finally re acquainted with his old favourite appliance in November 2014 at the very first meeting of the 240FLM TL Preservation Group at Wicken in Cambridgeshire.
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