mickgall Posted 10 November , 2005 Share Posted 10 November , 2005 Hi all I've just been looking at the Ashford Railway Works roll of Honour and came across a few units I haven't seen before, they are KFRE, REKMR, HCFA and ROD, any ideas what they could be, I'm guessing that the RE part stands for Royal Engineers. There are three sets of rolls, the first two are to men who served and survived, the third is to men who were killed, also on the roll for the men who were killed, it states how they were killed. There's the usual KIA and DOW but there's also KOD, Killed on Duty? Heres a link to the site http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/AshfordRail.html Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 10 November , 2005 Share Posted 10 November , 2005 Mick KFRE - Kent Fortress Company, Royal Engineers ROD - Railway Operating Division (a Royal Engineers responsibilty) Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 10 November , 2005 Share Posted 10 November , 2005 Mick REKMR = Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles All The Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 10 November , 2005 Share Posted 10 November , 2005 Mick Don't have answer about KOD, but those so mentioned are shown as killed in action on SDGW. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 10 November , 2005 Share Posted 10 November , 2005 Mick, HCFA was Home Counties Field Ambulance. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 10 November , 2005 Share Posted 10 November , 2005 Mick, KOD could well be Killed or Died. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JeremyScott Posted 11 November , 2005 Share Posted 11 November , 2005 Not trying to be stupid, but possibly could KOD be King's Own Dragoons?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickgall Posted 11 November , 2005 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2005 Hi all many thanks for all the replies. I should have guessed ROD was Railways Operating Dept, but I just couldn't get the old saying out of my head Roll ON the Duration thanks again guys Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Clark Posted 2 February , 2006 Share Posted 2 February , 2006 When we transcribed the rolls we should have included an explanation of quoted units. Sorry... The transcription is exact we did not try and improve it in anyway. KOD - Killed on Duty KFRE - Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) REKMR - Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (Yeomanry) HCFA - Home Counties Field Ambulance (1/1 Kent, 1/2nd Kent) Ashford maintained territorial force (KFRE, RAMC, REKMR, 5th Buffs) companies and troops in the old drill hall at Newtown Road. Cheers NEIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_59 Posted 3 February , 2006 Share Posted 3 February , 2006 Does anyone know if the same railway company has a memorial for the station staff, signalmen etc, or is it just the yard workers?? thanks dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Clark Posted 3 February , 2006 Share Posted 3 February , 2006 The Ashford Railway Rolls of Honour commemorate Ashford men who worked in the Ashford Railway Works. All these men worked for the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department. There used to be a separate war memorial on the platform at Ashford Railway Station. I have seen a newspaper article in the 1920's giving this information (Kentish Express). No one seems to know what happened to it! I have lived in Ashford all my life (42 years) and I can't remember seeing a war memorial on the platforms... If you log onto www.roll-of-honour.com (Kent pages) you will se a transcription for the Dover Marine Railway War Memorial. This contains the names of ALL identified South Eastern & Chatham Railway men who fell during the Great War - 557 men in all. I presume that those fallen men whose names would have appeared on the lost Ashford Railway Memorial appear here as well. I do know that all the men whose names appear on the Ashford Railway Works Rolls of Honour do appear on the Dover civic tribute. I am glad that the transcriptions are being used. Thats the value of a site like this. Best regards to all Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_59 Posted 3 February , 2006 Share Posted 3 February , 2006 Thanks Neil. dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 3 February , 2006 Share Posted 3 February , 2006 hello folks,i have a mate who has worked on the railways for over 30 years,he said some of his mates had tried to find war memorials from railway stations that went missing,all enquiries seemed to stop at york railway museum,possibly in storage,it may be worth an e.mail to find out if they have any of them and how many,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Clark Posted 4 February , 2006 Share Posted 4 February , 2006 Thanks for that Bernard. I shall send them an Email as you suggest. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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