Firefighters formed a guard of honour on Wednesday in memory of six men who died in a World War Two bomb blast.

Newham Recorder: The White Watch from Stratford Fire Station together with Roy Goodey and Neil Bloxham, from charity Firemen Remembered, pay their respect to the five firemen from Beckenham and West Ham who died in a bomb blast in 1941.The White Watch from Stratford Fire Station together with Roy Goodey and Neil Bloxham, from charity Firemen Remembered, pay their respect to the five firemen from Beckenham and West Ham who died in a bomb blast in 1941. (Image: Archant)

Crews gathered at Stratford Fire Station to officially unveil a plaque that will be installed on Plaistow Road where an enemy bomb struck, killing five members of Beckenham Auxiliary Fire Service and one West Ham Auxiliary fireman on the night of March 19 1941.

The memorial service, conducted by the Rev Stennet Kirby, was organised by charity Firemen Remembered with Newham Borough Fire Commander Wayne Brown and Stratford Fire Station manager Alan Lamb in attendance.

Also taking part in the service was Josephine Mills, daughter of Cyril Demarne OBE Chief Officer of the West Ham Fire Brigade and National Fire Service from 1925 to 1955, who was honoured on the plaque below the men who died.

The Beckenham firefighters who died that night were Charles Wesley Drew, Dennis Gerald Fitzgerald, Frederick Walter Moore, Leslie John Parker, and Stanley Short.

The West Ham firefighter was Harold George Hugget.