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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Great Western Railway, - Roll of Honour |
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From
the Great Western Railway Roll of Honour, Chester Railway Station - 1
Photo : Carlscam
In the First World War, a large number of men from the various
railway companies left to join the Armed Services.
The Great Western Railway Company produced a Roll of Honour at the end of
the war, on which are shown the names of members of the staff of the Great
Western Railway Company who gave their lives in the Great War.
Several copies of this Roll of Honour were printed and were
displayed in stations of the Great Western Railway. The Roll of Honour displayed
in Chester Railway Station is shown on Carlscam
website, and has been transcribed on that website.
A similar Roll of Honour, originally located in Exeter (St. David's) Railway
Station, but now displayed in the National Railway Museum in
York is shown below.
The number of Great Western men who joined His Majesty's Forces was 25,479,
representing thirty-three per cent of the Company's staff. Those who gave
their lives in the war numbered 2,524.
At least 4 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment and who lost their
lives in the war had previously served the Great Western Railway Company.
The Great Western Railway War Memorial, situated halfway along Platform 1 at London Paddington Station, is a monument to the memory of employees of the Great Western Railway who died during the First World War. A sealed casket was placed Inside the plinth. This was made at the GWR's Swindon Works and contained a vellum roll commemorating the names of those who died (However, a plaque on the memorial commemorates 3312 men and women of the GWR....).
Private Thomas Gregory. 11654. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Born at Wandsworth. Son of Thomas and Susannah Gregory, of 36, Durham
Buildings, York Rd., Battersea, London. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 24.
Born Wandsworth (London), Enlisted Battersea.
Buried LALA BABA CEMETERY, TURKEY.
(Porter, Good Department - South Lambeth.)
Private Thomas John Thomas. 34981. 4th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 61508 Welch Regt. Son of William and Mary Thomas,
of 16, Old Cottages, Penycraig Rd., Mount Pleasant, Swansea. Killed 27 May
1918. Aged 24.
Born Swansea (Glam), Enlisted Swansea.
Buried VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY.
(SDGW gives name as "John Thomas Thomas"; GH Gazette database has
"Thomas John Thomas")
(Caller-off, Goods Department, Swansea (High Street))
Corporal Edward Thompson. 8455. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Alice Thompson, of 251, Cornwall Rd., Notting
Hill, London. Killed 22 October 1914. Aged 29.
Born Acton (London), Enlisted London, Notting Hill.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Locomotive Department - Old Oak Common)
Private Charles Louis Victor Worsdell. 33834.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly S/23R/03660 R A S C. Son of
Charles Edwin and Augusta Louis Worsdell, of 13, Queens Gardens, Herne Bay,
Kent. Killed 13 November 1917. Aged 30.
Born Twickenham, Enlisted Marylebone, Resided Twickenham.
Buried POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Lad Clerk, Paddington, Goods Department.)
From
the Great Western Railway Roll of Honour, Chester Railway Station - 2
Photo : Carlscam
Roll
of Honour, originally located in Exeter (St. David's) Railway Station, displayed
in the National Railway Museum in York
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Photo : Railway
Heritage Trust
The Great Western Railway War Memorial, situated halfway along Platform 1
at London Paddington Station
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and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
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