Memorial for 35 fallen Barnbow Shell Factory Workers during WWI – Leeds, United Kingdom

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Memorial for the 35 fallen workers of Shell Filling-Factory Barnbow - Leeds, United Kingdom
Memorial for the 35 fallen workers of Shell Filling Factory Barnbow – Leeds, United Kingdom

This memorial at the roundabout at Cross Gates, Leeds, commemorates the 35 killed workers of the Barnbow Shell Filling Factory on December 5th 1916.

Commemoration plaque at the memorial of Shell Filling Factory Barnbow
Commemoration plaque at the memorial of Shell Filling Factory Barnbow

Names of the fallen

At the memorial 35 individual name plates of the workers are placed into the ground surrounding the main memorial stone.

Name plate of Lilian Ellis at the Memorial for fallen workers of the Shell Filling Factory Barnbow
Name plate of Lilian Ellis at the Memorial for fallen workers of the Shell Filling Factory Barnbow

For the full list of names please visit the article about the Barnbow Lasses Memorial in Manston Park.

Visit

You can visit the memorial at the Cross Gates roundabout in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Photos by Phil Wood

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