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On this day in 1941:
WHITECHAPEL fireman Abraham Lewis Dies.
On May 10th 1941, on what proved to be one of the heaviest raids on the London during the blitz.
Fireman Abraham Lewis and his Whitechapel colleagues were fighting to save the buildings around Trinity Square, Whitechapel including All Hallows Church and Trinity House.
As Mr Lewis was connecting a hydrant to a standpipe in Butchers Row, a bomb landed on his back, causing him severe injuries.
He died in hospital 2 days later, on May 12th 1941.
This story is just one of many that tell of the 350 firefighters who died in the Blitz.