Silvertown Explosion Memorial,London

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

    Silvertown War Memorial includes casualties from the explosion,WW1 and WW2
    The Silvertown explosion occurred in Silvertown in West Ham, Essex (now part of the London Borough of Newham, in Greater London) on Friday, 19 January 1917 at 6.52 pm. The blast occurred at a munitions factory that was manufacturing explosives for Britain's World War I military effort. Approximately 50 long tons (50 tonnes) of trinitrotoluene (TNT) exploded, killing 73 people and injuring 400 more, as well as causing substantial damage in the local area

    Silvertown War Memorial - Wikipedia
     

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

    Forgotten Stories - the 1917 Silvertown Explosion (part one) - London's Royal Docks
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    I found this headstone in West Ham Cemetery London re casualties of the explosion

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