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    Thomas Brown Gillies killed by 1918 Explosion at factory in Birmingham

    I only found your website this afternoon, so thanks so Sospiri and Thank you so much Maurice and Pedrocut. I only found this website this afternoon and appreciate your quick response to my request. The newspaper article is very helpful and I note that Hobson, James & Gilbey were...
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    Thomas Brown Gillies killed by 1918 Explosion at factory in Birmingham

    I am searching for information about my husband's grand-father, Thomas Brown Gillies, who died on 18th March 1918 from burns sustained in an explosion in a Birmingham laboratory. He was 43 years old and left a family of six children aged between 15 and 16 months, the youngest being my...
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