A light-hearted gambler and AFS volunteer who lives with his mother and races a greyhound named Short Head. He joins the fire service with Bob, forms close bonds with his crew during the Blitz, and ultimately sacrifices his life saving Chief McFarlane when a building collapses.
Ma Turk is Tommy's mother and an influential presence in his personal life.
Tommy lives with his mother, who runs a local fish and chip shop. She also feeds his greyhound doughnuts without realizing the effect on its racing.
They become comrades through recruitment, training, and frontline firefighting.
Tommy persuades Bob to join the Auxiliary Fire Service, and they are assigned together to the same crew.
Their shared fire-service duty turns two very different men into wartime comrades.
Sam accidentally joins the service and is assigned with Tommy to the Q sub-station crew.
Their social outing is part of Susie's attempt to influence her troubled relationship.
Susie goes dancing with Tommy as a means of making her reluctant partner jealous.
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