The Great Western Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Charles Sargeant Jagger and Thomas S. Tait. It stands on platform 1 at London Paddington...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales...
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London and North Western Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial located outside Euston station in London, England. The memorial was designed by...
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Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge, Highland Great Eastern Railway War Memorial, at Liverpool Street station (to the east) Great Western Railway War Memorial, at...
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The Midland Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial in Derby in the East Midlands of England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled...
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The Great Eastern Railway War Memorial is a World War I war memorial installed at the Liverpool Street station in the City of London, United Kingdom. The...
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The North Eastern Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial in York in northern England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to commemorate employees...
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Charles Sargeant Jagger (category British Army personnel of World War I)
Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner and the Great Western Railway War Memorial in Paddington Railway Station. He also designed several other monuments...
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Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent...
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The City of Portsmouth War Memorial, also referred to as the Guildhall Square War Memorial, is a First World War memorial in Guildhall Square in the centre...
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War Memorial Great Western Railway War Memorial Guards Memorial Earl Haig Memorial Hall of Memory, Birmingham Hampstead War Memorial Hampton Wick War...
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include the Great Western Railway War Memorial at Paddington station in London, Portsmouth War Memorial, and the Anglo-Belgian Memorial in Brussels,...
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STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England...
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Railway war memorials are memorials dedicated to railway company employees killed in war. Some were commissioned by the railway companies while others...
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London Paddington station (redirect from London Paddington railway station)
The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the main line station dates...
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The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to...
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Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th-century British painter J. M. W. Turner. The painting was first exhibited...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) was incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1835 and nationalised on 1 January 1948. During this time it amalgamated with...
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Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway was a railway built and operated jointly by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and Great Central Railway (GCR)...
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Junction Railway, London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. This move was prompted, in part, by the Great Western Railway's plans...
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The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial, museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia...
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The Great Western Railway's ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. Powers...
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World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies...
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The Norfolk and Western Railway (reporting mark NW), commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between...
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Great Western Railway accidents include several notable incidents that influenced rail safety in the United Kingdom. In common with other railway companies...
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described the statue as "one of the few memorials in London to inspire real affection". Great Western Railway War Memorial, another monument at Paddington station...
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Eastern and Chatham Railway killed in the Great War and 626 men of the Southern Railway who died fighting in World War II. The war memorial was unveiled on...
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following examples come from Britain and the First World War: London and North Western Railway - LNWR Claughton Class No. 1914 Patriot. Name later removed...
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The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other...
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Linville War Memorial is a small timber structure with a terracotta-tiled roof, prominently located in road reserve adjacent to the railway reserve, opposite...
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