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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/]

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.

Last updated 15 December, 2024

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