GWR Memorial at Paddington Station

• January 18, 2018 20:22:38 Thomas A. Lingner

  THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 

  WAR MEMORIAL

  ON PLATFORM No. 1

  IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THIS ROOM

  WAS UNVEILED ON ARMISTICE DAY,

  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH 1922,

  BY THE 

  Rt. HON VISCOUNT OF THE COMPANY

  AND DEDICATED BY HIS GRACE

  THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY,

  THE BRONZE FIGURE WAS EXECUTED BY

  Mr. C.S.JAGGER, M.C., R.B.S.

  AND THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK BY

  Mr. T.S.TAIT, A.R.I.B.A.

  THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DESIGN

  AND CARRYING OUT OF THE MEMORIAL

  WERE IN THE HANDS OF THE FOLLOWING

  COMMITTEE WHO WERE APPOINTED

  BY THE BOARD AND WHO ACTED IN

  CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIRMAN

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  SRI S. ERNEST PALMER.BART.DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

  Mr. CHAS. ALDINGTON C.B.E. GENERAL MANAGER

  AND ON HIS RETIREMENT HIS SUCCESSOR,

  Mr. FELIX J.C.POLE, GENERAL MANAGER

  Mr. A.E. BOLTER, SECRETARY

  Mr. W.W. GRIERSON C.B.E. CHIEF ENGINEER

  
  

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