John Tyers
French Polisher by trade.
Joined the Auxiliary Fire Service before the Second World War.
In September 1939 he was called up as a full time member of the fire service and was stationed at Eastcroft Fire Station which was off London Road, Nottingham.
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57 Dale Avenue, Carlton, Nottinghamshire.
John was involved in fire fighting during the Blitz of 1940 and 1941 in Cities and Towns all over the country. On May 8th and 9th 1941, Nottingham, West Bridgford, Colwick, Carlton and Beeston were heavily raided. John reported for duty when the air raid sirens went and when he did not return home again the next day, his wife Mary tried to find what had happened to him. She eventually found him on 10th May along with other fire crews at the rubble that had once been the Co-Operative Bakery in Meadow Lane, Nottingham.
As well as his role as a fireman, John was also a dispatch rider and he regularly took messages all over the country, including Bletchley Park. On 4th November 1941, John was carrying messages and he rode his motorbike down the A614. As he reached the roundabout at Ollerton, a lorry collided with him and John died of a fractured skull. He was the first member of the National Fire Service to be killed on duty in Nottinghamshire and is buried in Carlton Cemetery.
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