Mass Grave Victims Explosion Chilwell Shell Filling Factory
St. Mary Churchyard contains a mass grave with the remains of the mayority of the139 workers who were killed in the Chilwell Shell Filling Factory explosion on 1 July 1918.
Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!
Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Dave Sommerfield
Nearby
Museum
Point of interest
- Air-Raid Shelter Toton Yard - Long Eaton
- Air Raid Shelter Factory Beeston - Beeston
- Barrack Prisoner-of-War Camp Wollaton Park - Nottingham
Monument
- War Memorial National Shell Filling Factory Chilwell Attenborough - Attenborough
- War Memorial Beeston - Beeston
- War Memorial Long Eaton - Long Eaton
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves St. Mary Churchyard - Attenborough
- Commonwealth War Graves Chilwell Cemetery - Beeston
- Commonwealth War Grave St. Mary Churchyard - Clifton
Fortification
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2024. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright