Silvertown War Memorial
SILVERTOWN WAR MEMORIAL, ROYAL WHARF, NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD, SILVERTON, E16 2BG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387182
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Silvertown War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- SILVERTOWN WAR MEMORIAL, ROYAL WHARF, NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD, SILVERTON, E16 2BG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387182
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Silvertown War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- SILVERTOWN WAR MEMORIAL, ROYAL WHARF, NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD, SILVERTON, E16 2BG
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SILVERTOWN WAR MEMORIAL, ROYAL WHARF, NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD, SILVERTON, E16 2BG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Newham (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ4085079843
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26/01/2017
TQ 48 SW
251/4/10046
SILVERTOWN
NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD
ROYAL WHARF
Silvertown War Memorial
(Formerly listed as Silvertown War Memorial, NORTH WOOLWICH ROAD, SILVERTOWN)
II
War memorial. c1920. Limestone. Square section entactic pier made of 4 stones on a circular plinth. Ogee-section base; top with one laurel wreath to each face, each in a segmental-headed field over a reeded base. Inscriptions as follows. East face: To the glorious/memory of the/men from these/works who fell/in the Great War/1914-19. Then 7 names recorded. North face: blank. West face: And to the memory/of those who whilst/serving their country/by making TNT /perished in the/explosion in these/works. January 19th/1917. 18 names appended. S face: Also/to the memory/of those who/fell in the/Second World War/1939-1945. 7 names engraved. The west face commemorates the 73 people killed in the Silvertown TNT factory explosion of 1917 caused by a fire which reached the explosives store.
The war memorial was moved to its current location in 2016.
Listing NGR: TQ4085079843
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475102
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12390
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111323
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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