Fallen Railwaymen

[Wiltshire]

I have heard there us a recently formed organisation dealing with fallen railwaymen of the Great War. I have tried to locate a website without success. Does anyone know of this organisation and if they have a website I could visit?

[John_Hartley]

The only one I know of is the website detailingn the LNWR Roll of Honour.

It's here - clickety click.

[tombowcock]

The only one I know of is the website detailingn the LNWR Roll of Honour.

It's here - clickety click.

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Like wise the only specific site that I have found is:-

www.roll-of-honour.com/Wiltshire/SwindonGWRLoco.html

Not a specific site though.

Also as I understand it, most GWR records are at TNA anyway. Another possibility may be to contact "Steam" the museum of the GWR in Swindon.

Sorry I could'nt be of much further help

Best Wishes

James

[ian turner]

Came across a website regarding a book review of Remembrance, by

Mark Quinlan. A mention is made which I quote below:

'At the same time, the manager of a central London railway terminus was collecting details of all 18,957 British railwaymen who died in the Great War, with the intention of placing them on a website for posterity'

The website:

http://www.authorsonline.co.uk/New/Sample.asp?eBookID=421

Ian

[Duncan]

There's a GWR roll of honour on Exeter St David's Train station platform. It lists the men and their and regions/station/department.

Duncan.

[Ken Lees]

Not a website but there is also "Servicemen of the London & North Western Railways Died in The Great War", a roll of honour.

I have a copy if anyone would like a look-up.

Ken

[mickgall]

Hi Whiltshire

are you looking for any particular railway company? There was something like 150 railway companies in the UK around the time of WW1.

I belive the person that Ian mentions is a WFA member and I think he works for Network Rail as I do, so I will try and find out some info when I'm at work tomorrow.

Some sites you could try are

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/DoverMarine.html

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/AshfordRail.html

both the above are for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway

http://www.btp.police.uk/History%20Society...20honor/WW1.htm

for the BT Police

http://www.railwayancestors.fsnet.co.uk/

this is a general geneaolgy website for railway ancestors they may be useful.

Mick

[Wiltshire]

Mick

Many thanks for your reply. The person I am trying to find out about is on the 1914/1918 war memorial at Waterloo Station, London. His name is given as C Grist (my family name but not a relative as far as I know). I presume he was working at the time for the Southern Railway Company but I am not too familiar with railway history. From the Roll-of-Honour website I discovered he was a Private so at least I know he was not in the navy.

Is it possible to find out more about this man?

Regards

Graham

[Horace Bachelor]

Graham,

Your man would have been employed by the LSWR, one of the constituent companies that formed the Southern Railway in 1923.

Rich

[John_Hartley]

Not a website but there is also "Servicemen of the London & North Western Railways Died in The Great War", a roll of honour.

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Ken

This info now on the website I link to in post #2.

John

[Guest geoff501]

The only one I know of is the website detailingn the LNWR Roll of Honour.

John, thought you may know Chester Station. A listing is on Carl's Cam website:

http://www.carlscam.com/index.html

To get to the list select Cheshire, Photos, Places and then scroll down to Chester. Select War Memorial Great Western Railway. Lists 2,524 GWR men.

cheers,

[Chris_Baker]

A new memorial to the fallen of the Great Western was unveiled this month at Leamington Spa station.

Details at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventr...ire/4415894.stm

[John_Hartley]

Geoff

Thanks - I did know it was on Carlscam (but havnt see it in "real life")

For the wider audience - carlscam.com is a family history website belonging to Carl Rogerson (we swap website links). Carl photgraphs memorials (not just war memorials) throughout Cheshire. If you think your researcheee may have come from Cheshire - check out the site to see if your guy is listed on a memorial.

Carl's site is the dog's b***ocks and I take every opportunity to plug it.

John

[Moonraker]

There's a GWR roll of honour on Exeter St David's Train station platform.  It lists the men and their and regions/station/department.

Duncan.

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There's also one at Newton Abbot, can't recall the platform, but it's the one normally used by trains going to Paddington.

Moonraker

[Guest geoff501]

Thanks - I did know it was on Carlscam (but havnt see it in "real life")

Unfortunately inside the ticket office.Perhaps the others are viewable by the public?

For the wider audience - carlscam.com is a family history website belonging to Carl Rogerson (we swap website links). Carl photgraphs memorials (not just war memorials) throughout Cheshire. If you think your researcheee may have come from Cheshire - check out the site to see if your guy is listed on a memorial.

I did - and he was!

Carl's site is the dog's b***ocks and I take every opportunity to plug it.

Yes, an excellent site.