Talk:James Braidwood

Edinburgh Fire Service
Before he moved to London, wasn't James Braidwood also the Chief Fire Officer in Edinburgh, Scotland (now Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade)? It isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. --Daysleeper47 14:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2017
Very small edit: in the last sentence in, please change the hyphen in "Mary Ann Jane Braidwood (1806-1871)" to an en-dash: "Mary Ann Jane Braidwood (1806–1871)". 71.41.210.146 (talk) 06:47, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Gulumeemee (talk) 09:56, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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Requested move 10 July 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) Iffy★Chat -- 14:41, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

– there's no other person listed with this name on Wikipedia GuzzyG (talk) 17:20, 10 July 2019 (UTC) --Relisting.  Anarchyte ( talk  &#124;  work )  13:09, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * James Braidwood (firefighter) → James Braidwood
 * James Braidwood → James Braidwood (disambiguation)


 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:47, 10 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Page James Braidwood is a disambig page, and its other 2 links look relevant to me. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:48, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've made this a multi-page move and relisted it. does this change anyone's opinions?  Anarchyte  ( talk  &#124;  work )  13:09, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support, seems reasonable to me. PC78 (talk) 14:34, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Seems like a no-brainer, and also non-contentious. -- Cactus.man  &#9997;  15:06, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Station1 (talk) 20:06, 19 July 2019 (UTC)


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Two citations needed
I have flagged the following items as "citation needed":


 * Fireboat named in his honour in the 1930s. I have seen this fact repeated on several websites, but they all appear to have just copied this article without any further references. I have not been able to find any other corroboration.


 * "Braidwood was distinguished for his heroism on the occasion of great fires in Edinburgh (1824) and London (1830). He also undertook a pastoral role, introducing visits to firemen and their families by the London City Mission."
 * What 1803 London fire does this refer to? And what was Braidwood's connection with it (given that he didn't arrive in London until 1833)?
 * What were the "acts of heroism" in connection with the 1824 Edinburgh fire? Braidwood had only just taken charge of the fire service, which was overwhelmed by the fire. Braidwood learnt valuable lessons from it, but I can find no reports of any particularly heroic acts.
 * I have also failed to find a citation for his involvement with the London City Mission. He is mentioned in the article on the mission, but that mention is itself un-referenced.

If anyone can fill in any of these gaps, please do so. Mike Marchmont (talk) 17:02, 15 May 2022 (UTC)