Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Newham
- Town
- Silvertown
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 56539
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- Previous locations
- John Knight's Factory
Royal Primrose Soap Works
Silvertown
Newham
Greater London
E16 2AU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 40500 80100
Denomination: Undefined
- John Knight's Factory
- Description
- Wall with two wooden boards attached, one commemorating employees killed in WW1, the other a WW2 roll of honour .
- Inscription
- Upper board: 1914/ 1918/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THESE OUR COMRADES/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ JOHN KNIGHT LTD. Lower board: ROLL OF HONOUR SECOND WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ LEST WE FORGET.
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Not known, probably destroyed, only a photo as of Nov 1950 exists in Newham Archives
- Reference
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