Location
On North Woolwich Road, (nearly opposite Mill Road), Silvertown, London E16,
behind a wire fence, just inside the entrance to the former Brunner Mond Works.
The monument may eventually be relocated to Barrier Park.
Description
A column in white stone, memorial to employees who died in the two world wars,
including those who died in the TNT explosion at the works in January 1917.
Inscription
| MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THESE WORKS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 | |
| ROYAL NAVY Alfred FARMER, H.M.S." INDEFATIGABLE" Walter Edward FARMER, H.M.S." INDEFATIGABLE" ARMY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT. ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGT. | |
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 MANGER Hugh McCOOMBS James Henry REEVE Henry ROGERS Samuel SAUNDERS Walter Ernest SHARPE David TAYLOR George Edgar Oliver WENBORN | |
| ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR | |
| Victor Henry DARRANT, Essex R Francis Harold DUNGEY, Beds & Herts R Frederick Albert LAMB, Pioneer Corps William Verdon LITTLE, Grenadier Guards Frederick Maurice REEVE, Royal Navy Miss Emily Mary RIDGWAY | |
Notes
In 1927 the Brunner Mond company became Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).
The works closed in 1961.
The WW1 inscription (above) was taken from the Brunner Mond 50th Anniversary Book published in 1923.
Acknowledgement
To Elaine Hanson for help in producing this page.