Lieutenant-Commander Sir Sampson Sladen,

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(14 December 1868 – 6 July 1940) was a

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officer and firefighter. He was Chief Officer of the

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from 1909 to 1918. The youngest son of Colonel Joseph Sladen, Sampson Sladen entered the Royal Navy in 1882 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1892. He resigned his commission in 1899 on being selected for appointment to the London Fire Brigade. His naval commission was restored in 1904 when he volunteered to serve in case of war or emergency. He was promoted to lieutenant-commander in 1914. On his retirement from the London Fire Brigade, he became technical adviser to the

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from 1919 to 1920 and Transport Commissioner (London) at the

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from 1920 to 1921. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Fire Prevention from 1921 to 1923. He was appointed KBE in 1920. He died at

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, in 1940. Sladen married Fanny Harriet Boys (died 1919), daughter of Lieutenant G. S. Boys, RN, in 1896.

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