Silvertown Brunner Mond Memorial

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Reference WMO/111323

Address:

North Woolwich Road

Silvertown

London

E16

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone pillar with four sides and laurel wreaths carved into each of the sides. The memorial commemorates the workers at Brunner Mond's Silvertown factory that died in both world wars; it also commemorates 16 employees killed in the Silvertown TNT factory explosion in January 1917. Relocation of the Silvertown War Memorial at Royal Wharf (formerly Minoco Wharf), E16. | Royal Wharf North Woolwich Road Silvertown London E16 2BG See Link Deanston Wharf
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To the glorious memory of the men from these works who fell in the Great War 1914-19 (names). And to the memory of those who whilst serving their country by making TNT perished in the explosion in these works January 19th 1917 (names). Also to the memory of those who fell in the Second World War 1939-1945 (names).

[WEST SIDE:] TO THE GLORIOUS | MEMORY OF THE | MEN FROM THESE | WORKS WHO FELL | IN THE GREAT WAR | 1914-1919 | ALFRED FARMER | H.M.S. INDEFATIGABLE | WALTER EDWARD FARMER | H.M.S. INDEFATIGABLE | THOMAS FIELD | 3RD S. STAFF. R. | HENRY WILLIAM HARRINGTON | 1ST BEDF. R. | LIONEL ALBERT LANGDON | 7TH BEDF. R. | WALTER McGRANE | 7TH BEDF. R. | DUNCAN WALKER | 8TH R. BERKS. R. [NORTH SIDE:] ALSO | TO THE MEMORY | OF THOSE WHO | FELL IN THE | SECOND WORLD WAR | 1939-1945 | VICTOR HENRY DARRANT | ESSEX R. | FRANCIS HAROLD DINGLEY | BEDS & HERTS R. | FREDERICK THOMAS GRIFFITHS | BORDER R. | FREDERICK ALBERT H. LANE | PIONEER CORPS | WILLIAM VERDON LITTLE | GRENADIER GUARDS | FREDERICK MAURICE REEVE | ROYAL NAVY | MISS EMILY MARY RIDGWAY [EAST SIDE:] AND TO THE MEMORY | OF THOSE WHO WHILST | SERVING THEIR COUNTRY | BY MAKING T.N.T. | PERISHED IN THE | EXPLOSION IN THESE | WORKS, JANUARY 19TH | 1917 | ANDREA ANGEL, EDWARD MEDAL | JAMES BRUCE | SIDNEY JOSEPH BENSTEAD | JOHN GEORGE CHANDLER | CHARLES DOWNING | CATHERINE ELIZABETH HODGE | GEORGE HENRY HOPKINS | WILLIAM LAMBERT | WALTER MAUGER | HUGH McCOOMBS | JAMES HENRY REEVE | HENRY ROGERS | SAMUEL SAUNDERS | WALTER ERNEST SHARPE | DAVID TAYLOR | GEORGE EDGAR OLIVER WENBORN

Grade II (England)

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