Henry Richard Tunks

Works Fire Brigades
Age
38

Rank / Role
Works Fireman

Brigade/Service
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Fire Brigade

Cause of death
Injuries caused by explosion of heating apparatus under a burning railway carriage.

Location died
Railway sidings Newton Heath Railway Depot

Current Fire Authority
West Yorkshire

Further information

Newton Heath Depot. Killed whilst fighting fires involving railway rolling stock ignited following a large munitions explosion in adjacent Low Moor Munitions Works, Bradford.

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