GWR Mag April 1918 Investiture at Paddington St

• January 18, 2018 20:37:10 Thomas A. Lingner

  Investiture at Paddington

    A CEREMONY of which proud memories will long

  remain took place in the General Meeting Room at Paddington

  Station in the forenoon of Saturday, February

  23rd, when General Sir 

  Francis Lloyd, representing 

  H.M. the King, pinned Military

  Medals to the breasts of 

  seven Great Western men,

  whose conspicuous gallantry

  and devotion to duty on the

  battlefield had won them 

  these honours. Another

  Great Western man was congratulated

  upon having won

  the Distinguished Conduct

  Medal, and to Mr. George

  Boxall, the Company's late

  chief cashier, was handed

  the Military Cross awarded

  to his son, who had been

  killed in action.

    The ceremony was witnessed

  by the Viscount

  Churchill, G.C.V.O. (Chairman

  of the G.W.R.

  Company), Sir Ernest Palmer,

  Bart. (Deputy Chairman),

  Mr. Frank Potter

  (General Manager), other 

  chief officers of the Company,

  Captain F. T. Barrington

  Ward and other officers of the

  G.W.R. Volunteer Company,

  and a goodly number of the 

  staff at Paddington, many of 

  whom were in khaki.

    The awards were to members

  of the G.W.R. Engineering Department

  attached to the 262nd (G.W.R.) Company, Royal 

  Engineers, and were as follows -

  MILITARY CROSS

   2nd-Lieut. A. Boxall, assistant 

  to divisional engineer,

  Shrewsbury (killed in action).

  DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT 

  MEDAL

  Sergt. W. Whitehead, permanent

  way foreman, Didcot

  (not present).

  MILITARY MEDAL

  Sergt. C. Duke, relaying

  ganger, St. Blazey.

  Sergt. C. Greening, leading

  relaying labourer, Gloucester

  Corpl. W. J. D. Brush,

  draughtsman, Bristol

  Corpl. W. Betteridge,

  packer, Cheltenham

  2nd Corpl. B. Blood,

  bridgeman, Wolverhampton

  2nd Corpl. F. L. Reeves,

  packer, Worcester

  2nd Corpl. J. Birch,

  packer, Baschurch.

    After the investiture 

  General Sir Francis Lloyd

  said he was very pleased to

  have been asked to Paddington

  to distribute the decorations

  conferred by the King

  for gallant services at the

  Front. The men to whom

  
  

   Photograph of seated woman wearing hat, hands clasped 

  Mrs. J. J. Runge, O.B.E. 

  
  

   Photograph of eight men in military uniform, standing at attention indoors 

  The men to whom the medals were awarded.

  
  

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• January 18, 2018 20:36:25 Thomas A. Lingner

  Investiture at Paddington

    A CEREMONY of which proud memories will long

  remain took place in the General Meeting Room at Paddington

  Station in the forenoon of Saturday, February

  23rd, when General Sir 

  Francis Lloyd, representing 

  H.M. the King, pinned Military

  Medals to the breasts of 

  seven Great Western men,

  whose conspicuous gallantry

  and devotion to duty on the

  battlefield had won them 

  these honours. Another

  Great Western man was congratulated

  upon having won

  the Distinguished Conduct

  Medal, and to Mr. George

  Boxall, the Company's late

  chief cashier, was handed

  the Military Cross awarded

  to his son, who had been

  killed in action.

    The ceremony was witnessed

  by the Viscount

  Churchill, G.C.V.O. (Chairman

  of the G.W.R.

  Company), Sir Ernest Palmer,

  Bart. (Deputy Chairman),

  Mr. Frank Potter

  (General Manager), other 

  chief officers of the Company,

  Captain F. T. Barrington

  Ward and other officers of the

  G.W.R. Volunteer Company,

  and a goodly number of the 

  staff at Paddington, many of 

  whom were in khaki.

    The awards were to members

  of the G.W.R. Engineering Department

  attached to the 262nd (G.W.R.) Company, Royal 

  Engineers, and were as follows -

  MILITARY CROSS

   2nd-Lieut. A. Boxall, assistant 

  to divisional engineer,

  Shrewsbury (killed in action).

  DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT 

  MEDAL

  Sergt. W. Whitehead, permanent

  way foreman, Didcot

  (not present).

  MILITARY MEDAL

  Sergt. C. Duke, relaying

  ganger, St. Blazey.

  Sergt. C. Greening, leading

  relaying labourer, Gloucester

  Corpl. W. J. D. Brush,

  draughtsman, Bristol

  Corpl. W. Betteridge,

  packer, Cheltenham

  2nd Corpl. B. Blood,

  bridgeman, Wolverhampton

  2nd Corpl. F. L. Reeves,

  packer, Worcester

  2nd Corpl. J. Birch,

  packer, Baschurch.

    After the investiture 

  General Sir Francis Lloyd

  said he was very pleased to

  have been asked to Paddington

  to distribute the decorations

  conferred by the King

  for gallant services at the

  Front. The men to whom

  
  

  Photo of seated woman wearing hat, hands clasped

  Mrs. J. J. Runge, O.B.E. 

  
  

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