Met joins Blitz commemoration

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Met joins Blitz commemoration

Metropolitan Police officers have joined a memorial to forgotten fire service heroes of the Blitz.

Date - 21st September 2020
By - Chris Smith

This week is the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Blitz in the Second World War and the date has been marked with a service in London to remember some of the first victims, organised by a Met Detective Chief Superintendent. DCS Stephen...

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