Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion. : "Sergeant James Henry Reeve was a serving member of 6th Battalion Essex Regiment at the time of his death. Parts of 6th Essex served as local guard or protection companies. Serjeant Reeve may have been part of No 12 company, based at West Ham. The Register of Soldiers' Effects show him based with Brunner Mond & Co on 19 January 1917." And in 1911 he was "Labourer Chemical Manuf." which suggests he was sent to Brunner Mond because of his knowledge of chemical manufacturing.
The Imperial War Museum categorises the death of all serving personnel as war deaths. But since Reeve is listed on the memorial amongst those who died "serving their country by making T.N.T." we are treating him like the other members of the work force, with the category 'Tragedy'.
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