Memorial

A plaque on a building on Tooley Street, near London Bridge.

To the memory of James Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, who was killed near this spot in the execution of his duty at the great fire on 22nd June 1861.

A just man and one that feared god, of good report among all the nation.
Erected by the M. or Southwark Division of the Metropolitan Police.

S. H. Gardiner, New Kent Road

The Tooley Street fire burnt out the warehouses along the Thames near here and took two weeks to put out.