Blake's Munitions War Memorial,Margravine Cemetery,Hammersmith London

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    A few days before the Armistice in 1918 an explosion at W. E. Blake’s munitions factory in Wood Lane killed 13 people. This was unwanted news at a time of universal euphoria and received little press coverage.
    Local MP, mayor and later cemetery resident, Henry Foreman (1853-1924), felt that this was unfair on the victims and paid for a communal grave marked by a rugged granite cross. Because of its local historical significance it was listed Grade II in 2017, one of six listed monuments in the cemetery.
    W E Blake Munitions – The Fulham and Hammersmith Historical Society





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