Memorial

Great Western Railway, Taunton - Roll Of Honour, WW1

Memorial

Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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Current Location

Taunton Railway Station, Station Approach, Taunton, Taunton Deane, Somerset, TA1 1QP, England

ST 2276925486

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 25176
Description: Standard Great Western Railway Roll of Honour in glazed wooden frame. Decorative border includes laurel garalands and scroll-effect at sides of names.
Inscription: GREAT/ WESTERN/ RAILWAY./ ROLL/ OF/ HONOUR /(names)/ 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 THE FIERCEST/ FIGHTING OF THE CAMPAIGN; THEY UPHELD THE/ THE BEST TRADITIONS OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND THEIR/ MEMORY IS REVERED ALIKE BY THE COMPANY AND/ THEIR COMRADES./ THE NUMBER OF GREAT WESTERN MEN WHO/ JOINED HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES WAS 25,479,/ REPRESENTING THIRTY THREE PERCEST OF THE/ COMPANY'S STAFF. THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR NUMBERED 2,436./ (War honours)

Sponsor Type: corporate
Maintenance History: C 2002 removed, cleaned, repaired and mounted on board. A facsimile was then put into the frame.

In side the railway museum on platform, Bishops Lydeard Railway station Museum, Station Road, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton Deane, Somerset, TA4 3RU, England