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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: aginger on Tuesday 02 December 08 09:35 GMT (UK)
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I have found a copy of the GWR magazine,Oct 1917. In it is a list [3 pages with Photo,s of employees who perished in action,London to Wales,Wolverhampton to Cornwall, there are 51 images of men,s faces, their job and work location within the GWR Railway System.
3 pages about the GWR Volunteer Company,inc names and some photo,s, ! page on WAR ITEMS[text and photo,s of men awarded MC, DCM, etc . A page of 50 mens names reported to have lost their lives stating Workplace and job.Here is the first page which have photo,s:-
M. P. POND, clerk, Audit Office Paddington.
F.R. HARTWELL clerk ,Traffic Dept Trowbridge.
W. DAVIS Shunter Traffic Dept, Old Oak Common.
TOM HAWKINS [corpl] boilermakers helper,Locomotive Works ,Swindon.
F.W.TOVEY clerk, Paddington goods station.
Percy H PILL [sergt]boilermakers helper,Loco and Carr Dept Swindon[my relative I think]
G,W.ANDREWS, porter,Traffic Dept,Danzey.
HENRY .G. LITTLE. labourer . Carriage and Wagon Dept Swindon
B.G.RYDER. booking clerk, Traffic Dep Torquay.
ROLAND W. EVANS. [sergeant] fireman,Loco and Carr Chester.
A.W.FROST. porter,Traffic dept Cardiff.
GEORGE Mc NALLY.machinist,Carriage and Wagon Dept Swindon.
E.T. PULLMAN.clerk, Goods Dept Oxford.
BRUCE CONIBEAR. hydraulic engineman,Loco and Carr dept Bath.
J. KIRK. striker,Signal Dept WOLVERHAMPTON.
GEORGE E, JERRETT. timekeeper, Loco and Carr Dept Cardiff.
Plus 32 others with photo and a list of 50 without, Allen.
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Hello Allen,
..........and another Rootschat link to the GWR Roll of Honour:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,72608.msg297777.html#msg297777
Phil
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Hi, since this was posted I have set up a project which identifies the various casualties from WW1 who worked for the GWR. You can see and read more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gwr_casualties/sets/
It's taken me a while and I'm still tweaking it. Where there is no photo I have still included every casualty mentioned from all the magazines so that you can look up individual names. I am proud to say that the project has been recognised by the NRM and the Imperial War museum and there are links to it from both websites as well as others. I hope that the project is of some help, please spread the word!
Ruth
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Thansk Roofytoo - Welcome to Rootschat ;D
Milly
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Hello with regards to the G.W.R. workers who died in the Great War can any one help me with anything regards to either of the following mentioned in any of the companies
magazines roll of honor all are from the Shrewsbury & Wellington works G.W.R.
Any help or links to will be very much appriciated
PHILIP
William Hughes Rifle Brigade died August 1916
Alfred S. Biffen K.S.L.I. died March 1916
Charles F. Downes K.S.L.I. died May 1918
George E. Farmer Engineers died September 1918
Wellington Works
Thomas Mansell Lloyd K.S.L.I. died December 1917
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What kind of help are you looking for?
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Hello Jim1
photographs if possible taken from their magazine reporting death I have all other relavent info but lack an image of them
Philip
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All the photos seem to be available on the site linked to in reply 2.
Mike
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Mike thanks for reply
I have looked through the list but hoping there might be others not listed as yet
I don't know if the G.W.R. magazine published all the employees photographs and if there are any
still to be found
Philip
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I believe the “museum of steam” in Swindon has a complete set of the GWR magazine, might be worth an email
Mike
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Thanks Mike
not thought to ask
cheers PHILIP
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The GWR magazine, including the relevant years are held at Swindon central library, they have also uploaded the photos of the GWR employees who died in WW1 to their Flickr site; http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mmb/
Swindon library are also a member of RC. ;
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=394983.0
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Regarding my search for Soldiers from Shrewsbury who served and died in WW1 and where employees of the G.W.R., I found reference to them as having photographs on the National Railway Museum website roll of honor which I found to be very good they had these soldiers below listed with photographs but when I logged on to the site I found their military details but no photographs
I have sent a message to the N.R.M., to see if they can help
wait out
PHILIP
Pte Charles Frederick Downes 31078, 2nd South Lancashire Regt. died 27 May 1918, worked Shrewsbury Station
Magazine Reference Great Western Railway staff magazine 1918/08/124. Photo: 1918/08/125
Pte. Alfred Stanley Biffen 34027, 6th King's Shropshire L.I., died 29 March 1918, Shrewsbury Station
Magazine Reference Great Western Railway staff magazine (photo only): 1918/09/137
Sapper George Enos Farmer 258385 Royal Engineers, 275th Railway Company Died 28 September 1918
Magazine Reference Great Western Railway staff magazine 1919/01/09. Photo: 1919/02/26