#heroicselfsacrifice

[thecreativehistorian]

The last and possibly the saddest story of the women on the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice. Alice Denman was with her five children when Arthur Rogers, who rented the shop on the ground floor of the building, ran in to tell her his shop was on fire. Alice and Arthur managed to get of the children, four year old Percival and eight year old Lillian, out through the roof to a neighbouring building, before Arthur passed out. By this time news of the fire had led to other neighbours coming to help, including Arthur Regelous, who managed to get in to the building to help. Sadly there was nothing anyone could do, Arthur Regelous was last seen at a window, shouting for help. Alice was last seen with her three month old daughter Winifred in her arms. They perished along with Alice's other children, Charles and Ethel, and a lodger named Alice Biggs. #womenshistorymonth #womeninhistory #Memorial #HeroicSelfSacrifice #fire #London #tragedy

[thecreativehistorian]

The "Mrs Yarman" of this memorial was in fact Mary Jarman, who lived in a house with her husband George and HIS mother, Elizabeth. When their house caught fire Mary ran upstairs to rouse her mother-in-law while George tried to put out the blaze. But the fire spread too quickly, and Mary was badly burned trying to reach the elderly woman. George eventually broke a window an threw his wife out to the crowd that had gathered outside, before jumping out himself. Mary died in hospital several days later, while the remains of her mother-in-law were found after the fire had been put out. #womenshistorymonth #womeninhistory #Memorial #HeroicSelfSacrifice #London #Victorian

[thecreativehistorian]

The "Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice" in Postmans Park in London features several women. One of those is Amelia Kennedy, a 19 year old girl who died after trying to rescue her sister from a fire. The sad irony is that Amelia was the first to wake when her mother's laundry shop caught fire. She worker her sister up, then left wake her brothers. But her uncertainty about her sister escaping made her go back in the house to look for her, and her body was eventually found near the back door of the house. #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #Memorial #HeroicSelfSacrifice #PostmansPark #AmeliaKennedy