A recent East End newcomer who loses his job and delays his wedding to Nan. He joins the AFS with Tommy, marries Nan, and fights a warehouse fire while trapped in his own burning flat. He survives the war and learns of his newborn son, whom he names Tommy.
Their relationship develops from delayed engagement to marriage during wartime.
Bob loses his job and has to postpone his wedding to Nan. They later marry before the Blitz intensifies.
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.
They cooperate as members of the same emergency-service unit.
Bob and Sam are both assigned to the Q sub-station crew and later serve together during the major fires.
Ma Turk supports Bob's family by helping protect Nan during the bombing.
Nan is safe with Ma Turk at St John's Hospital while Bob fights a warehouse fire in the area.
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