1917

Charles Downing

Categories: Tragedy

Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion.

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Charles Downing

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Silvertown explosion - monument

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William A. O'Neil

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route to market via Hackney

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Catherine Mullan

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