The Chilwell National Shell Filling Factory explosion - 1 July 1918

The Chilwell National Shell Filling Factory explosion - 1 July 1918

The explosion killed 134 workers and injured 250, 5 died later from their injuries. This community remembers Chilwell's heroes, as well as those who died

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  • Other Empire Force VAD British Red Cross

  • Other Empire Force British Red Cross

  • Born 1899

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Chilwell Filling Factory

  • Born 1880

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

  • Born 1871

    Died 1918

    British Army 12 Lance Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars 2/1st Regiment

  • Born 1889

    Died 1987

    British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

  • Born 1881

    Died 1942

    Other Empire Force Motor Driver British Red Cross Society

  • Other Empire Force Motor Driver British Red Cross

  • Born 1892

    British Army 11567 Lance Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st Battalion

    British Army 1/11567 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

    British Army 11567 Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)

  • Profile picture for Louie Chaplin

    Born 1899

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

  • Profile picture for Mary Elizabeth Aka Polly Elliott

    Born 1890

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions - Chilwell

  • Profile picture for Hannah Freer

    Born 1874

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions - Chilwell

  • Profile picture for Florence Hilda Lindley

    Born 1897

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

  • Profile picture for Edith Francis Roache Or Roach

    Born 1897

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

  • Profile picture for Annie Freeman

    Born 1897

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

  • Profile picture for Mary Crossland

    Born 1897

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions - Chilwell

  • Profile picture for Lily Elliott

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

  • Profile picture for Elizabeth Clara Brown

    Born 1894

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions - Chilwell

  • Profile picture for Frances Mary Aka Fanny Clarke Or Clark

    Born 1879

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions - Chilwell

  • Profile picture for Grace Margaret Bolton

    Born 1899

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions