Howards & Sons War Memorial Ilford Cemetery
Howard & Sons Ltd were a chemical and pharmaceutical company known for manufacturing aspirin. They were obviously proud of their employees, a letter to the Times 25 Mar 1931, from Geoffrey Howard, director, pays tribute to Albert J Gwinnell who had been continuously in their employment for 62 years and that the total years service of their 20 oldest employees totalled exactly 1,000 years.
Memorial at Buckingham Road. Photo provided by Boreenatra
Equally when their employees died during the war, both WW1 and WW2, they placed their own tribute to them in the chapel at Ilford Cemetery.
Sadly the chapel has now been demolished due to dereliction and vandalism and the memorial moved to Barkingside Cemetery, Longwood Gardens.
The names inscribed on the memorial have been saved by ‘Boreenatra’ who has kindly let us publish his photos here.
If you have any further information about the employees listed below please contact us.
In memory of the Employees of Howards & Sons Ltd
who gave their lives for King and country 1914 -1919 & 1939 - 1945
| 1914 - 1919 | Additional notes |
|---|---|
| Beasley. H. F. | Herbert Frederick Beasley died 30/9/1917 age 19 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Bn |
| Brigden. H. | Henry Thomas Brigden died 09/08/1917 Essex Regiment 2nd Bn |
| Brown. E. T | |
| Bullen. A. | Alfred Bullen died 21/2/1917 Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 17th Bn |
| Bullen. C | Charles Frederick Bullen died 28/4/1917 age 19 Essex Regiment 13th Bn |
| Cox. F | |
| Eckworth. F | Frederick Cornelius Eckworth born 1891 died 07/08/1915 Gallipoli Royal Field Artillery 92nd Bty |
| Elliott. C | |
| Eve. W.C.M | William Charles Eve died 03/10/1918 Manchester Regiment 2nd Bn |
| Gormer. J | James Gormer died 21/2/1917 Middlesex Regiment 17th Bn |
| Guyton. G | G. A. Guyton died 31/03/1917 Essex Regiment 1st/4th Bn |
| Hamshire. E | Edward Charles Hamshire died 06/06/1916 Essex Regiment 10th Bn |
| Hayes. W | |
| Myers. W. S | William Stephen Myers died 26/3/1917 age 26 Essex Regiment 4th Bn |
| Mynott. W | Walter Robert Mynott died 15 Aug 1917 Kings Royal Rifle Corps 17th Bn |
| Norman. A. H | Possibly, Alexander Norman died 21/7/1916 Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
| Oram. G | George Walter Oram died 21/9/1917 Machine Gun Corps |
| Page. E | Edward Clarence Page 29/12/1917 age 25 London Regiment 2nd/13th Kensington Bn. formerly London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) |
| Poulton. W | Walter Poulton died 26/3/1917 Essex Regiment 4th Bn |
| Warren. W | W. F. Warren died 10/9/1918 age 20 Manchester Regiment 1st/5th Bn. |
| Waters. G. R | George Rae Waters died 06/04/1918 Essex Regiment 9th Bn |
| Wheatley. S | Silas Wheatley died 06/08/1915 age 37 Essex Regiment 1st Bn. For more information see our entry in the Essex Commemoration project Here |
| 1939 - 1945 | |
| J. A. Brand | |
| C. M. Campbell | |
| Margaret Cormack | Margaret Auld Cormack died 07/03/1945 age 28 Women's Royal Naval service HMS Braganza |
| J. D. Howard | James Howard, director of Howards & Sons, killed when the factory was hit by a bomb in 1940. James David Howard died 09/10/1940 age 28. |
| P. J. Moore | |
| A. G. Pulfer | Allan George Pulfer died 04/05/1944 age 20 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| H. Sendall | Henry John Sendell died 16/6/1944 age 21 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Nightjar. NB: discrepancy on surname. |
Photo by Boreenatra
Photo by Boreenatra
Memorial now at Barkingside Cemetery
I am trying to find out what became of Howards and Sons after i953. My father,A.W.Cotton worked at Howards for many years during WW2 and lived with his family in the large house that belonged to the factory and was situated immediately behind Uphall Elementary School.I am Mr.Cottons eldest son and lived in the house with him till 1944 when the house was damaged by a V1 flying bomb. I moved to Canada in 1953 and discovered recently that the house,the factory and much else has been replaced by residential biuldings. Can any one tell me when all this happened
Dear Arthur
Howards was finally closed in 1980 and the factory buildings were demolished.
Laporte, the owners of the Howards factory, cleared all the waste from the site so that the area could be redeveloped at a cost of £8 million.
The waste included 150,000 tons of cinchona bark (from which quinine was extracted) and a radioactive thorium dump. The dump was decontaminated and the waste removed in protective drums.
When the site was fully cleared and made safe in 1990, the Uphall housing estate was built. Redbridge Museum has a display about Howards in its permanent gallery.
Kind regards
Gerard Greene
Redbridge Museum Manager
Re Silas Wheatley on the memorial he was my grandfathers brother.
son of Jonah and Emma wheatley. Silas was born at Arlesey in Beds and married to Annie they lived at 1 Eastbury Sq Barking.
Silas enlisted between Jan/ May 1915 his service Number was19044.
He ws killed on 6/8/1915 during the landings at Suva Bay.
He has no known grave but is commemorated on the memorial in Twelve trees copse cemetery at Helles Gallipoli
Many thanks for the additional information which we will add to the Essex Commemoration Project.
GenPals.
Re WW1 memorial Eckworth .F his full name was Frederick Cornelius Eckworth dob 1891, died in Gallipoli.
D Eckworth
Thank you so much for the additional information,
GenPals
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