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Title: Firefighter records Somerset 1920's
Post by: frankie-d on Saturday 27 July 19 13:13 BST (UK)
Someone I match to quite strongly on AncestryDNA, 217cM, has an unknown grandfather whose father was said to have been a fireman in Bridgewater, Somerset, during the early 1920's. Does anyone know if there are any public records of who was employed by the fire brigade around that time?
Title: Re: Firefighter records Somerset 1920's
Post by: Rena on Saturday 27 July 19 15:08 BST (UK)
My eyesight isn't what it used to be so can't read this page easily about the firebrigades centenary 1918 onwards, but you might find this helpful

https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2018/04/09/website-chronicling-history-fire-service-and-its-union-goes-live
Title: Re: Firefighter records Somerset 1920's
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 27 July 19 16:26 BST (UK)
Just to say that it is Bridgwater Somerset, not Bridgewater.

Stan