Lives of the First World War

19th January 1917

Albert was born and raised in Silvertown. On January 19, 1917, just eight months before Albert's own death, his father Thomas was killed in the Silvertown Explosion. Thomas's story appears here, https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7663732, along with a community of "Lives" impacted by the tragedy of that day.

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