Memorial

Blakes Munition Factory - Cross

Cross

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Current Location

Hammersmith Cemetery, Margravine Rod, Hammersmith, Hammersmith And Fulham, Greater London, W6 8RE, England

TQ 23924 78167

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 11888
Description: Base surmounted by tapered plinth, shaft and wheel cross. In scription at 6 o'clock face of shaft and the plinth. Whole stands on raised ground enclosed by lengths of stone. Explosion at Blake's factory in Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush.
Inscription: TO/ THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE WAR WORKERS/ WHO/ DIED/ FOR/ THEIR/ COUNTRY/ IN/ THE/ EXPLOSION/ AT/ BLAKE'S/ MUNITION/ FACTORY/ NOVEMBER/ 1918/ (Names)/ ERECTED BY HENRY FOREMAN O.B.E. M.(...)/ MAYOR OF HAMMERSMITH

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 13
Died: 13
Information shown: surname,year died,forename,age of death,occupation,additional
Order of names: occupation,year died,surname,forename,age of death,additional
Additional Information: Name count from list in contemporary newspaper.

Cross

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good

West London Observer - Friday 08 October 1920 MEMORIAL TO WAR WORKERS. THIRTEEN VICTIMS OF A FACTORY FIRE. UNVEILED BY MAYOR OF HAMMERSMITH. (List of names of the dead)