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Silvertown firemen

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At least two firemen from the Silvertown Fire Station responded to the fire at the TNT factory across the road. They lost their lives when that fire led to the Silvertown Explosion. The plaque refers also to firemen's families, which suggests that some of the firemen lived close to the station, within the range of the destruction caused by the explosion. 

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Silvertown firemen

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Silvertown explosion - firemen

Dedicated to the memory of the firemen and their families killed and injured ...

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Private Frederick William Pay

Private Frederick William Pay

Frederick William Pay was born in 1883 in Gunnersbury, Middlesex (now Greater London), the eldest of the five children of William Thomas Pay (1858-1912) and Sarah Ann Pay née Pearce (1859-1930). Hi...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium, India

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
C. G. Ridout

C. G. Ridout

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Chas. E. Green

Chas. E. Green

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. C. T. Edwards

A. C. T. Edwards

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Admiral, Sir Robert Stopford, GCB, GCMG

Admiral, Sir Robert Stopford, GCB, GCMG

Naval officer.  Governor of of Greenwich Hospital, 1 May 1841 until his death.  

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial