The Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust was established in 1990 and the Trust negotiated a site to the south of St Paul’s Cathedral where a suitable memorial could be placed. It is at the top of the new City Walkway which is also approachable from the south bank of the Thames via the new Millennium Pedestrian Bridge.

The  National Memorial, to the men and women of the United Kingdom Fire Service (which includes the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), who had made the ultimate sacrifice in the defence of the realm in World War II, is the “Blitz” Memorial Statue, commissioned by the Founder Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters.  The very moving sculpture in bronze was the work of John Mills a very skilled artist.  Rarely do you see such a work of art with three life sized bronze figures actively engaged in their professional duties. 

In 2003 the Memorial was elevated and the additional names of those lost in peacetime were inscribed in bronze on the raised base.  The Memorial was re-dedicated to coincide with the Service of Remembrance in Sept 2003.  A total of some 1,192 names were added in bronze to the Memorial. The Memorial with its added height looks even more fitting as a tribute to our fallen firefighters.