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Title
Royal Arsenal Explosions Memorial (1903)
Date
c.1903
Medium
pink granite
Accession number
SE2_AS_S023
Acquisition method
funded by the employees of Dancer Buildings, Royal Arsenal
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Plumstead Cemetery
Custodian
Plumstead Cemetery
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
cemetery opening hours
Inscription description
side one: ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN WHO LOST THEIR / LIVES IN THE / GUNCOTTON AND LYDDITE / RXPLOSIONS AT THE / ROYAL ARSENAL WOOLWICH / "In the Midst of Life we / are in death"; side two: THIS MONUMENT WAS / ERECTED BY / THE EMPLOYEES OF THE / DANCER BUILDINGS / ROYAL ARSENAL Side 3: GUNCOTTON EXPLOSION / 16TH FEBRUARY 1903 / CAPT R .C.PARTRIDGE R.A. / J.HALL / C.DENISON; side four: LYDDITE EXPLOSION / 18TH JUNE 1903 - (names of the perished)