by Just Lincolnshire | Oct 7, 2020 | Events, News
One of the first black firefighters to serve with London Fire Brigade has been commemorated with a plaque unveiled at his former station. George Arthur Roberts BEM (1890-1970) served at New Cross Fire Station for the duration of the Second World War and was awarded a...
by Just Lincolnshire | Oct 7, 2020 | Events, News
Sislin Fay Allen was an inspiration for many when she became the Metropolitan Police’s first black female police officer, based at Croydon in the late 1960s. In 1968, Sislin Fay Allen, a nurse at Croydon’s Queens Hospital, became Britain’s first Black...
