Memorial

Great Central Railway Employees- Valour Locomotive (Number 1165) Nameplate

Valour Nameplate

Source: Copyright Paul Clarke

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Current Location

Nameplate on display in Great Hall., National Railway Museum, Leeman Rd, York, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 4XJ, England

SE 59395 51979

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Type of Memorial: Locomotive / Train
WMR Reference Number: 30896
Description: Originally a Class 9P (later B3) 4-6-0 locomotive with two nameplates, withdrawn from service in December 1947 and scrapped. One nameplate was sent to the museum at York and the other was preserved on the wall of British Railways Gorton Works, Manchester (where the locomotive had been built) until the closure of the works. It then formed part of a memorial (Our ref. 16046) at nearby St Barnabas Church, Openshaw, later stolen. Nameplate is of unusual polygon shape. the lettering and border are raised brass and the background fill is painted black.
Inscription: VALOUR/ IN MEMORY OF/ G.C.R. EMPLOYEES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918

Maker(s): J G Robinson CBE, Designer
Great Central Railway Gorton Works, Manufacturer
Sponsor Type: corporate

Unveiled

July 1920

UNKNOWN

Locomotive

Condition: Lost

Plaque

Height: 410mm

Width: 1010mm

Depth: 25mm

Made from: Brass