Hilda Helen Dupree

Auxiliary Fire Service 1938 -1941
Age
21

Rank / Role
Firewoman

Brigade/Service
AFS - London

Cause of death
Due to injuries caused by enemy action

Location died
24U , Old Palace School, St Leonards Street, Poplar, London

Current Fire Authority
London

Further information

Telephonist Stn.24 - Brunswick Road. On detached duties. Had swopped her duty shift to allow her friend to go a dance. Tragedy was added a few months later when the cemetery where she was buried was hit by a bomb, destroying her remains. One of 2 Firewomen and 32 Firemen who died as result of a direct hit on their fire station during an air raid.

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