JenniferScott commented Calls to keep memorial to explosion victims at Army barracks

Remembering those who died in a tragic explosion at a Nottinghamshire barracks must play a central role in its redevelopment.This is the message from residents and politicians in Broxtowe following the news that Chetwynd Barracks will close by 2020 and be converted into housing. The site was used as a National Shelling Factory during the First World War and filled half of all the 38 million shells that were produced in that period. But a horrific explosion in 1918 killed more than 130 people and