Great Western Railway WW1 Roll of Honour

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Reference WMO/301016

Address:

Taunton Station Railway Museum

Station Approach

Taunton

TA1 1QP

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Standard Great Western Railway Roll of Honour in glazed wooden frame. Decorative border includes laurel garalands and scroll-effect at sides of names. Formerly at Bishops Lydeard Railway Museum
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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)

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