Shrewsbury Locomotive Department Roll of Honour
London and North Western Railway
Shrewsbury Railway Station, Shropshire
Inscription reads:
Locomotive Dept. LNWR Shrewsbury, Roll of Honour.
This tablet is erected to the glory of god and in memory of the following heroes who gave their lives in the Great War that we might have freedom.
| Regt. Sgt Major 296766 W. G. Biggs - 32nd Railway Ops Company, Royal Engineers. Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery. |
| Gunner 144 E. J. B. Bedwell - Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery. Chapel Lawn (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
| Private 42210 T. E. V. Crane (E) - 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers. Canada Farm Cemetery. |
| Lance Corporal 29373 W. L. Cullen - East Surrey Regiment. Combles Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Corporal 13919 E. Carswell, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. La Clytte Military Cemetery |
| Gunner 604025 H. F. J. Gough - Shropshire Bn. Royal Horse Artillery. Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy |
| Private 237842 J. Horton - 1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen |
| Sapper 238876 G. Hayward - Royal Engineers. Reninghelst New British Cemetery |
| Sapper 257578 S. R. Howells - Royal Engineers. Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge |
| Lance Corporal 55234 T W Jarvis - 2nd Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers. Tyne Cot Cemetery |
| Private 33240 George Law - 10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Vielle-Chapelle New Military Cemetery |
| Rifleman 7611 H. Woolrich - King's Royal Rifle Corps. Hamburg Cemetery |
| Private 200504 L. F. Winfield - 1st/4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen |
| Private 727321 T. B. Yeo - 1st/24th Bn. Royal West Surrey Regiment. Hem Farm Military Cemetery |
Altogether 149 men from this shed gallantly fought in the same cause.
Subscribed by the workmates of the above heroes and erected by permission of the Chief Mechanical Engineer.
December 1920
Pictures courtesy of Philip Morris of Shrewsbury.
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