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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
P. Tourle
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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Terence Rattigan
SW7, Cornwall Gardens, 100
Plaque unveiled by David Suchet and Loyd Grossman (then chairman of the blue plaques panel).
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Joseph Benbow
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
1 memorial
Charles Morgan
W8, Campden Hill Square, 16
Charles Morgan, 1894 - 1958, novelist and critic, lived and died here. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Elizabeth David
Cookery writer. Born as Elizabeth Gwynne into a wealthy family. Travelled in Europe and around the Mediterranean, spending some years in Cairo, where she married in 1944. Returned to England in 194...
1 memorial
Sir John Lubbock
Banker, politician and scientific writer. Born at 29 Eaton Place. He went into his father's banking business at the age of 14 and became a partner in 1856. Entered parliament in 1870, and succeeded...
1 memorial
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