Front view
Small studio maquette Bronze sculpture
" BLITZ " National Firefighters Memorial
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The sculpture entitled
' BLITZ ' is the National memorial to the firefighters who lost their lives during
the second world war, who Winston Churchill referred to as " the heroes with
grimy faces ". The small bronze that became the maquette for the memorial
was commission in 1984 by C.T. Demarne O.B.E. ex Chief Officer of the West Ham
Firebrigade, as a personal memorial to his colleagues who died during that awful
war. This is now housed in the Hall of Remembrance at the London Firebrigade Headquarters,
Lambeth. The unveiling of this work brought the realisation that there should
be larger memorial, on a prominent site, possibly in the capital city.
After
many machinations that germ of a dream came to fruition as The National Firefighters
Memorial ' BLITZ '. It was erected on its site on Old Change Court, by St Paul`s
Cathedral in London, and unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
on the 4 May 1991
Her Majesty the Queen Mother
unveilling the memorial sculpture
"
BLITZ " on 4 May 1991.
The sculpture tells the story of three firemen, a sub-officer and two branch-men in action as in any great fire any where in the country during the blitz. The interdependence of these men and their comradeship, so typical of this service, intensified by the horror of welfare on the home front, gives the reason for this compact grouping.
The
uniform and details of the posture and method of holding the branch hose are those
of that time. The style of lettering used around the octagonal base, to list the
1,027 names of men and women who died, is the same as that used on the wartime
ration book
' Gill Sans '.
Other references & links:
'Blitz'
Firefighters Memorial
H.M.Queen
Elizabeth II unveiling Women of World War II Monument
John
W Mills images of Quentin Crisp
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