Two London firemen are among those honored on tablets at Postman's Park, established by Victorian painter and philanthropist G. F. Watts to commemorate heroic men and women who gave their lives attempting to save others.
The tablets for the firemen read:
"Joseph Andrew Ford aged 30, Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Saved six persons from a fire in Gray's Inn Road but in his last heroic act he was scorched to death. Oct 7 1871.''
"George Lee, fireman. At a fire in Clerkenwell carried an unconscious girl to the escape falling six times and died of his injuries. July 26 1876.''
