Sunday, 18 August 2019

Barrow-in-Furness, Furness Railway Company.

A Bronze plaque mounted on a sandstone wall, Currently located in the booking hall of the new Barrow-in-Furness Railway Station on Holker Street. The original station was destroyed during the Barrow Blitz in May 1941 causing damage to the Memorial.


THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE DIRECTORS AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE FURNESS RAILWAY COMPANY IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF THE STAFF WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

the men commemorated

ARMSTRONG J C
BAXTER F
BECK M E
BENSON W
BLAIR A
BRAITHWAITE J
CADDY M
CHADWICK A
CLARKE J J
CLOSE A
COWAN W
DAWSON J
DIXON A
DODDS T
DONALDSON J
EBDELL T
FISHER E
GARNETT R
GASGARTH J
GILL J
HALL W G
HARRISSON T G
INMAN W S
IRELAND J W
IRVING G B
JACKSON C
JACKSON T B
KENDALL F
LEAD L
LEWIS N
MACKERETH F
MACKERETH W J

MACKLINDEN W #
McSHERRY #
MORETON R H A
MOSSOP H
MYLREA E
NEVINSON E
NICHOLSON J
NIXON J S
PARK T R
PAWLEY A R
PENNINGTON W
POSTLETHWAITE J
PRICKETT J H
RAWLINSON T G
ROUND J
SEDGEWICK G
SHIMMIN H
SISTERSON N
SMEETON J
SYKES W
TAYLOR J
TEASDALE I
TOWNSON R
TUGMAN F
TYSON W
WALKDEN J
WALKER G
WALKER J M
WALKER R
WEARING T
WOOF J
WOOFE W
YEOWART J

# Names partially obscured by shrapnel damage


THE DAMAGE TO THIS MEMORIAL
WAS CAUSED BY ENEMY ACTION
IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

All photographs by Chris Gleave.

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