At a small memorial service held today (Friday, 18 September), Detective Chief Superintendent Stephen Clayman paid tribute to seven Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) firefighters, including his great-uncle, who lost their lives on 18 September 1940.
It was exactly 80 years ago today, just after the start of the Blitz that the men lost their lives when a German bomb made a direct hit on Soho’s AFS sub-station building on Rathbone Street, W1, demolishing the whole building and killing the seven AFS firefighters, as well as a number of civilians who were sheltering there.
