Great Western Railway Man Help

[gunnerwalker]

Hi all

I'm looking to find a snip of the photo of 2397 Pte. Arthur J. Hammond, 1/4th Btn., Gloucestershire Regiment. He previously worked at Avonmouth Docks and was killed on the 19th October 1915. Allegedly he appears in one of the GWR Staff Magazines.

Find My Past gives the magazine reference as "1915/12/320. Photo: 1916/01/18".

I've seen references in the past to GWR rolls of honour and galleries of employees who served but I'm not sure where or how to access these. Any help with this would be much appreciated. 

Many thanks, Archie

Edited 12 May , 2024 by gunnerwalker

[andrew pugh]

Hi Archie

I worked on the railway several years ago as a signaller iI believe that the railway have a very good archive of all their employees from way back in time. I am not too sure where you go to see these records.

Regards

Andy

[Moonraker]

The Steam Museum at Swindon has an almost complete collection of the staff magazine. A very quick look at the website showed no offers of a research service, but it's not far from North Bristol, and the museum is well worth a visit.

[corisande]

This website has all the casualties with photos of GWR men from the magazine

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwr_casualties/albums/72157623520135696/

 

[Allan1892]

From the website FindaGrave

Private Arthur John Hammond (unknown-1915) - Find a Grave Memorial

[Malcolm Linham]

Archie 

Arthur John Hammond was employed by the GWR as a Mileage Porter in the Goods department at Avonmouth.  He is also listed in the St Paul's Cathedral Service in memory of Railwaymen. 

  Malcolm 

[gunnerwalker]

Thank you all for your help and suggestions. 

@corisande Thank you for that link, I suspect that will help for a few more I'm looking at.

@Moonraker The museum sounds intriguing and, yes, pretty easy for me to get to. I'll try and get over there in the coming weeks. Thanks.

@Allan1892 Well done for finding that and thanks for sharing. I've added the link to my file.

[grantowi]

Swindon Central Library's local history centre ( localstudies@swindon.gov.uk) also has a complete collection of the GWR magazine and is a lot cheaper than the Steam museum to visit (currently £13), you will also have to make an appointment at Steam museum to view the magazines.

Local stdies are open : 

• Monday - by appointment only
• Tuesday - from 10:00am to 4:00pm
• Wednesday - from 10:00am to 4:00pm
• Saturday - from 10:00am to 1:00pm

And are totally free, situated on the 2nd floor of the central library in Regents Circus, Swindon

[gunnerwalker]

On 08/06/2024 at 16:12, grantowi said:

Swindon Central Library's local history centre ( localstudies@swindon.gov.uk) also has a complete collection of the GWR magazine and is a lot cheaper than the Steam museum to visit (currently £13), you will also have to make an appointment at Steam museum to view the magazines.

Local stdies are open : 

• Monday - by appointment only
• Tuesday - from 10:00am to 4:00pm
• Wednesday - from 10:00am to 4:00pm
• Saturday - from 10:00am to 1:00pm

And are totally free, situated on the 2nd floor of the central library in Regents Circus, Swindon

Excellent, thank you for the tip. I will bear it in mind if ever I need to have a dig.

[BarbaraG]

Some information here...

https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/54742