Person    | Male  Born 1868  Died 19/1/1917

George Edgar Oliver Wenborn, Edward Medal

Categories: Tragedy

George Edgar Oliver Wenborn, Edward Medal

Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion. Imperial War Museum page.

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George Edgar Oliver Wenborn, Edward Medal

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Silvertown explosion - monument

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