Harry Errington GC (20 August 1910 – 15 December 2004) was the only London firefighter to be awarded the George Cross during the Second World War.

[1] He was born in Westminster on 20 August 1910 to a family of Polish Jewish immigrants, previously named Ehrengott.

When war broke out he volunteered as an auxiliary fireman at a station on Shaftesbury Avenue, near the business where he worked.

On 17 September 1940 during The Blitz, a bomb demolished a three-storey garage being occupied by the London Auxiliary Fire Service.

In August 2022 two new fireboats joined the London Fire Brigade, one named after Errington, and the other after fellow Second World War firefighter Gillian Tanner GM.