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Old Palace School Bombing

Paul Chiddicks

The website has been created to remember and commemorate the lives of all the 34 firefighters who sadly lost their life at The Old Palace School. My hope is to reach out and find a family member for all 34 firefighters and tell their stories

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Fireman Robert John Deans

Coventry Road, Ilford, the Deans family home recorded in the 1921 Census, where eight-year-old Robert was living with his parents and brothers and sisters.

Sometimes, when researching the life of someone who died during the Second World Wa...

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Fireman Kenneth John Bowles

Kenneth John Bowles, Auxiliary Fire Service fireman, whose life was cut short at the Old Palace School in April 1941. He was just thirty years old.

A Life Cut Short — But Never Forgotten

Behind every name on a casualty list is a life....

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Fireman Martin Charles Parfett

Fireman Martin Charles Parfett

Auxiliary Fire Service, 1909–1941

Some people leave behind medals.

Others leave behind photographs.

Old Palace School Bombing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my wo...

a month ago
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Fireman Frederick George Parcell

Some family stories seem to carry their own threads of continuity.

For Frederick George Parcell, one of those threads was service. His father, Bertie James Parcell, served his country during the First World War. Two decades later, Frederic...

2 months ago
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Fireman John Francis Mead

Some stories survive because families preserve them. Others survive because official records quietly endure.

During this project I have been fortunate to meet descendants of many of the firefighters who died at the Old Palace School. They...

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    Family history researcher and Family Tree Magazine columnist. I write the stories behind the records — the people, places and history that connect us all. Creator of The Chiddicks Observer on Substack. Full-time storyteller, part-time Lego builder.

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