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Latitude: 51.5 / 51°29'59"N
Longitude: 0.0278 / 0°1'40"E
OS Eastings: 540850
OS Northings: 179843
OS Grid: TQ408798
Mapcode National: GBR LV.CNX
Mapcode Global: VHHNJ.FKKG
Plus Code: 9F32F2XH+X4
Entry Name: Silvertown War Memorial
Listing Date: 5 May 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1387182
English Heritage Legacy ID: 475102
Also known as: Silvertown Explosion Memorial
Silvertown Brunner Mond Memorial
ID on this website: 101387182
Location: Silvertown, Newham, London, E16
County: London
District: Newham
Electoral Ward/Division: Royal Docks
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Newham
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: North Woolwich; St John
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: War memorial
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26/01/2017
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SILVERTOWN
NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD
ROYAL WHARF
Silvertown War Memorial
(Formerly listed as Silvertown War Memorial, NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD, SILVERTOWN)
II
War memorial. c1920. Limestone. Square section entactic pier made of 4 stones on a circular plinth. Ogee-section base; top with one laurel wreath to each face, each in a segmental-headed field over a reeded base. Inscriptions as follows. East face: To the glorious/memory of the/men from these/works who fell/in the Great War/1914-19. Then 7 names recorded. North face: blank. West face: And to the memory/of those who whilst/serving their country/by making TNT /perished in the/explosion in these/works. January 19th/1917. 18 names appended. S face: Also/to the memory/of those who/fell in the/Second World War/1939-1945. 7 names engraved. The west face commemorates the 73 people killed in the Silvertown TNT factory explosion of 1917 caused by a fire which reached the explosives store.
The war memorial was moved to its current location in 2016.
Listing NGR: TQ4085079843
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 February 2017.
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