
WINDERMERE
RAILWAY STATION WORLD WAR 1 MEMORIAL
Detailed information for railway Station World War 1
Compiled and copyright © Gill and Andrew Dishman 2020
The
memorial is to be found in Windermere Railway Station, on the east wall
of the external waiting room. It tajkes the form of a silver plaque
on wooden backboard, unveiled 6 September 2014, attended by Transpennine
Express Staff member; dedicated 6 September 2014, attended by Rev. Richard
Cook, NW Chaplain for British Transport Police.
[More details
about him here: https://www.nwemail.co.uk/features/nostalgia/16449883.platform-memorial-at-windermere-to-soldier-rail-worker/]
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Windermere
Railway Station WW1 - Copyright © Gill Cannell and Andrew
Dishman 2020 |
1914-1918
WW1
IN MEMORY OF
LANCE CORPORAL A. KING
WHO WORKED AS A CLERK
AT THIS STATION
AND GAVE HIS ALL FOR US
KING |
Alfred |
Lance
Corporal 24049, 7th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).
Killed in action 19 September 1916. Aged 22. Born 17 July 1894
in Greenodd, Lancashire, enlisted Kendal. Worked as a Clerk for
London and North Western Railway in the Goods Department, Windermere
Station. Son of William Johnstone King and Sarah King. In the
1901 census he was the son of William James and Sarah King, aged
6, born Egton, Lancashire, resident Penny Bridge, Pennybridge,
Egton with Newland, Ulverston, Lancashire. Admitted to Ulverston
Victoria Grammar/High School, Ulveston, Lancashire 20 August 1907,
son of William James King, left 22 July 1910 to become a Railway
Clerk. In the 1911 census he was the son of William James and
Sarah King, aged 16, born Egton, Lancashire, a Railway Clerk,
resident Penny Bridge, Greenodd, Ulverston, Egton with Newland,
Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.
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15 December, 2024
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