Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Hammersmith And Fulham
- Town
- Hammersmith
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2nd October 1920
Attended by: The Mayor Of Hammersmith, Henry Foreman, O.B.E., M.P. - Dedicated
Date: 2nd October 1920
Attended by: Rev. G. N. Walsh, Vicar and Rural Dean of Hammersmith - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11888
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Current location
Hammersmith Cemetery
Margravine Rod
Hammersmith
Hammersmith And Fulham
Greater London
W6 8RE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 23924 78167
Denomination: Undefined
- 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
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brooks, Rose
Bullock, Ethel
Drakeley, William
Fern, Amy
Graves, Mary
Guilder, Lydia
Lee, Eleanor
Maguire, Isobel
Morrissey, Florence
Newton, William George
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename,age of death,occupation,additional
Order of information: occupation,year died,surname,forename,age of death,additional
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Cross
- Listing information
- Blake's Munitions War Memorial, Margravine Cemetery
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- BLAKES MUNITION FACTORY - CROSS
- WMO ID: 111742
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 17-12-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- 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)
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