Kerr Stuart Railway Locomotive No.2451 'Axe'

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Reference WMO/289659

Address:

Woody Bay Station

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

Parracombe

EX31 4RA

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Kerr Stuart 60cm 0-6-0 well and side tank locomotive, one of seventy 'Joffre' class engines ordered by the French government for use on the Western Front. It now has rectangular dedicatory plaques and is painted with the letters W D separated by a version of the British War Office broad arrow.
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Plaque: KERR STUART NO 2451/ THIS LOCOMOTIVE WAS DEDICATED/ BY THE BISHOP OF EXETER/ THE RT REVD MICHAEL LANGRISH/ ON 11th NOVEMBER 2008/ TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE RAILWAYS/ OF THE WESTERN FRONT IN THE GREAT WAR Maker's plate: KERR STUART & Co Ltd/ No 2451 1915/ LONDON & STOKE; Nameplate: AXE

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