This memorial in Manston park, Leeds, commemorates all those who were killed in the 3 explosions at the National Filling Factory No.1 also known as Barnbow during munitions production.
The text on this plaque reads:
Roll of honour
Workers of the No1 National Filling Factory, Crossgates, Leeds, who lost their lives in the explosions;
5th December 1916
Ethel Jackson (ILS Inspector) – Leeds
M. Keyworth (ILS Inspector) – Leeds
M. Alderson – Leeds
Katie Chapman – Leeds
Gertrude Reid – Leeds
Agnes L. Power – Leeds
Elsie Martha Atkinson – Leeds
Mary E. Schofield – Leeds
Florence Whiteley – Leeds
Amelia Stewart – Leeds
K. Bainbridge – Leeds
Edith Sykes – Leeds
Ida Worslop – Leeds
Mary Jane Blackstone – Leeds
Helena Beckett – Pontefract
Jane Jew – Pontefract
Emily Sedgwick – Harrogate
Kathleen Eastment – York
Mary Worley – York
Alice Smart – York
Sarah Ann Jennings – York
Mary E. Carter – York
Elizabeth Mason – York
Lilian Ellis – York
Olive Yeates – York
Charlotte Fox – York
Eliza West – York
Maria Evelyn Rowley – Halton
Ada Glassby – Harrogate
Annie Blackamore – Normanton
Mary Gibson – Castleford
Polly Booth – Castleford
Eliza Grant – Castleford
Edith Levitt – Castleford
Maggie Baker – Kippax
21st March 1917
Florence A. R. Hodgkins – Normanton
Elsie Bruce – Wakefield
31st May 1918
James S. Thompson – Harrogate
James McHale – Leeds
William Orange – Leeds
THEY DIED SERVING
At the memorial site are information signs that give you more background information about the Barnbow Lasses and the No1 Shell Filling Factory.
Visit
You can visit the memorial freely in Manston park, Leeds.
For the 35 fallen workers on the 5th of December 1916 a separate memorial was created at Cross Gates in Leeds.
Photos provided by Phil Wood.
