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    Memorial

    Great Western Railway Roll Of Honour WW1 Birmingham

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    Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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    Current Location

    On wall of reopened part of the station, beside The Centenary Lounge and the ticket machines, Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station, Queensway, Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7SE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 07395 86766

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    Type of Memorial
    Roll of honour or book of remembrance
    WMR Reference Number
    61044
    Description
    Standard Great Western Railway printed Roll of Honour in glazed case, with a dedication plaque below.
    Inscription
    Roll of Honour: GREAT/ WESTERN/ RAILWAY/ ROLL/ OF/ HONOUR/ ON THIS ROLL OF HONOUR ARE SHOWN/ THE NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE STAFF/ OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY/ COMPANY WHO LOST 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 WESTERN MEN WHO/ JOINED HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES WAS 25,479/ REPRESENTING THIRTY-THREE PER CENT OF THE/ COMPANY'S STAFF. THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR NUMBERED 2,436 Plaque: Moor Street Station Re-opening/ 11th October 2003/ GWR Roll of Honour unveiled by/ Raymond Pidcock/ and/ Adrian Vaughan (BR-WR 1960-1975) (GWR,/BR 1942-1984)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    2436
    Died
    2436
    Information shown
    dept of company, station based at, surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    dept of company THEN station based at THEN surname

    Components

    Roll of honour

    Made from: Paper


    Condition: Good


    Case

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Good


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