The National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters was a

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in the

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. The union was in existence by 1912, at which time it had branches in central London, Grays,

Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east ...

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, Surrey Docks and

Tilbury Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a 16th century fort and an ancie ...

. At the time, it was based in Plaistow and its secretary was G. N. Richmond. Because of its location, it was also known as the "East Ham Union". It merged with the

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in 1922.John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', p.159

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