What is recorded here
This white commemorative plaque records: George Trench (c. 1838-1912) manager of the Cotton Powder Company and inventor of tonite, the explosive, lived in a house on this site. Recorded plaque organisation: Faversham Town Council.
George Trench was a British industrialist and chemist who significantly contributed to explosives technology by inventing tonite, an important military explosive used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Photo: Simon Harriyott · CC BY 2.0