Plaque for forgotten wartime Leeds firefighter

By The Newsroom
Published 18th Sep 2018, 12:59 BST
Updated 18th Sep 2018, 13:02 BST
PLAQUE: Relatives of Solomon Belinsky, Sam and Mervyn Brightbart, at The Old Fire Station Gipton. PIC: Gerard BinksPLAQUE: Relatives of Solomon Belinsky, Sam and Mervyn Brightbart, at The Old Fire Station Gipton. PIC: Gerard Binks
PLAQUE: Relatives of Solomon Belinsky, Sam and Mervyn Brightbart, at The Old Fire Station Gipton. PIC: Gerard Binks
He was one of the forgotten heroes of Second World War, who volunteered fighting fires in Leeds during air-raid bombings.

Solomon Belinsky, a Russian-born upholsterer from east Leeds, was one of 3,847 men and women who volunteered for the city’s Auxiliary Fire Service in 1940.

The volunteer, who died following a Leeds city centre blitz in 1941, has now been honoured with a special plaque that was unveiled in his memory at The Old Fire Station in Gipton, where he served.

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