- Type of Memorial
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 46043
- Description
- Standard Great Western Railway Illuminated Roll of Honour in a glazed wooden frame. The frame has a curved pediment with painted device of the Great Western Railway.
Small metal plaque recording rededication for 50th anniversary of VE Day and in memory of Great Western Railway staff who died in WW2.
- Inscription
- (Names)/ GREAT/ WESTERN/ RAILWAY/ ROLL/ OF/ HONOUR/ 1914-1918/ ON THIS ROLL OF HONOUR ARE SHOWN/ THE NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE STAFF/ OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY/ COMPANY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR. MANY OF THE MEN WERE CALLED/ UPON TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE FIERCEST FIGHTING OF THE CAMPAIGN; THEY UPHELD THE/ BEST TRADITIONS OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND THEIR/ MEMORY IS REVERED ALIKE BY THE COMPANY AND/ THEIR COMRADES./ THE NUMBER OF THE 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./ WAR HONOURS./ THE FOLLOWING WAR HONOURS WERE GAINED BY MEMBERS OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STAFF:-/ (List of honours)/ (Names)
(ON PLAQUE): This memorial was rededicated by/ the Right Reverend the Bishop of Exeter/ on 7th May 1995/ on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary/ of the cessation of hostilities/ in Europe in the Second World War/ and in remembrance of those/ Great Western Railway employees/ who died in service/ 1939-1945.