'National Firefighters Memorial' by John W. Mills

The concept for this memorial was the brainchild of Cyril Demarne, who had been a firefighter and serve in London throughout the Blitz.

This memorial was commissioned by the Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust, which was set up in 1990, and was designed by John W. Mills. The Memorial depicts three wartime firefighters, cast in bronze, was originally called ‘Blitz’. It was dedicated to the men and women of the Fire Service, in London, who lost their lives as a result of their duties during this period of history. It was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on May 4, 1991, in Old Change Court.

In 1998, it was decided to make the memorial a national monument, thereby commemorating all of the firefighters, throughout the United Kingdom, who were killed in the line of duty.

The memorial was moved from its Old Change Court site and placed on a new plinth, south of St Paul's Cathedral. This location was picked as the cathedral had acted like a beacon of defiance throughout the war. The new plinth, which raised the monument by over 1-metre, also had the names of every firefighter that died in peacetime added to it.

On September 16, 2003, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, patron of the Firefighters' Memorial Charitable Trust, rededicated the newly elevated and renamed 'National Firefighters Memorial'. This new national memorial honours the members of the UK's Fire and Rescue Service who have lost their lives as a result of their duties, dating back to the 1700s.

Every year, on the Sunday closest to September 7, the anniversary of the start of the Blitz, 

a memorial service is held at the memorial.