SandraGittins
Passionate about WW1 Railways on the Western Front
@Ypreswoman Located South Devon
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Simeon John Carter (Shunter Llantrisant) Pte 1st Somerset Light Infantry Killed in action 26 August 1914 Commemorated on the La Ferte -sour-Jouarre Memorial
- New addition to my collection Regimental Biography of the Twenty-First Engineers Light Railway AIF This book about American railroad engineers is available as a free download archive.org/details/histor… I’ve got the ebook but it’s nice to have the original
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Thomas Taylor labourer Loco & Carriage Dept Coleham Pte 1st Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Died of wounds 18th Field Ambulance Fleurbaix Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial
- Just before Christmas I was lucky to get these two medallions for men of the 264th Railway Company Royal Engineers. I am very fortunate to now have four of these rare beauties #WW1
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Frederick Weeks (Porter Swindon) Pte ‘B’ Company 1st Wiltshire Regt Killed in action 19 Oct 1914 Buried at Ration Farm Cemetery
- My contributors complimentary copy arrived today 😁 #LondonPride #WW1
- 🎄Merry Christmas everyone 🎄
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Francis William (or W F) Rymell - Goods Porter Paddington Pte 2nd South Lancashire Regt Killed in action 20 Sept 1914 Buried at Vailly British Cemetery
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Henry Charles Lawrence - Porter Swindon Goods 1st Wiltshire Regiment Died of wounds 20th Oct 1914 Commemorated on the Le Touret memorial
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Ernest Lockley (Pte 3rd Worcestershire Regt) Shunter Merthyr Killed in action 21 Sept 1914 aged 29 Commemorated on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial to the missing
- New postcard: Where Zonnebeke railway station once stood and razed to the ground. New railway line laid and most of the detritus removed. German guns lined up for removal. #WW1 #Railway
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Cpl Edward Thompson 2nd Yorkshire Regt. (Fitter Loco Dept Old Oak Common) Killed 22 Oct 1914 east of Gheluvelt during bitter & ruthless fighting. Commemorated on Menin Gate Ypres
- Not forgotten
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR William Wyley Rankin - Horsekeeper Goods Dept Hockley Driver 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery Killed in action 27/9/1914 aged 27 Buried Vendresse British Cemetery
- Farewell Ypres until the next time ❤️
- Solferino Farm Cemetery today
- Lovely day in Ypres Looked around a certain well known book shop and came out with a Belgium railway lamp and chemin der fare watch - photo taken by a convenient WW1 railway sleeper!
- Beaucourt Hamel station then and now
- Visited Delsaux and Bac-du-Sud cemeteries yesterday looking for 4 men of the 54th Light Rly Co RE’s I am piecing together the company history as there is no diary or other archives, except for data I have found, and their story deserves telling
- Authuille Bridge - one of many bridges on the Albert to Arras line demolished in March 1918 as the Germans advance. The red building seems to have survived the bridge demolition - looking at the date on the wall it was only built the year before! Map @GreatWarDigital
- Albert Station today, complete with aeroplane hanging from the ticket hall ceiling - and why not!
- Grandcourt Level Crossing on the Albert to Arras line today. Note the two buildings by the crossing were rebuilt in 1919 and different design to the originals (see old postcard)
- Heilly Station Well known for the Casualty Clearing Station in WW1 where trains arrived and departed with the wounded. Those who sadly didn’t journey onwards can be found in the cemetery in the distance #ww1 #Railway #Somme
- Finally got the opportunity to pay my respects today to GWR employee Thomas Edmund Simpson at Vignacourt Cemetery. The circumstances of his death illustrates how, as on many occasions, luck and fate can deal an appalling hand (See below) #GWR #Railway #WW1
- While amending my GWR WW1 book I was reminded of a story I found for the GWR remembrance train I don’t think there will be room in the book reprint for this, & for those who haven’t seen it on the train I thought I would share this unfortunate story 2nd Lieut T E Simpson RAF
- Rather a nice pad - plus the sound of the nearby trains on the Albert to Arras line
- Beautiful day for the start of our trip to get fully engrossed in all things WW1 Railways #WW1🛤️🚂#Somme #Ypres
- New card: Level crossing at Grandcourt - Somme Will be looking at this for real in a couple of days time 😉
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR James Card (Packer Engineering Dept Lawrence Hill Bristol) Rifleman 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade Killed in action 13 Sept 1914 Aged 29 Buried at Vauxbuin French National Cemetery
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR John George Ilsey -Riveter Signal Dept Reading Private 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers Died of wounds 19/11/1914 aged 29 Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Henry Frank Milton Signal Porter Pyle (Bridgend) Private 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt killed in action 21/10/14 during First Battle of Ypres. Aged 26 - commemorated on the Menin Gate Ypres
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR George Francis Lee (carriage cleaner Old Oak Common) 1st Class Stoker HMS Aboukir - was torpedoed by German submarine on the 22 September 1914 He is Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Albert John Bailey Labourer Loco Dept Old Oak Common Private 2nd Highland Light Infantry Died of wounds 23 Sept 1914 at American Ambulance Neuilly-sur-Seine & buried at the nearby CWGC cemetery Paris
- Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #FWW #GWR Edward Walter Turner - labourer Old Oak Common Pte 1st Middlesex Regt Died of wounds 26 Oct 1914 at the 19th Field Ambulance aged 27 Buried at Ration Farm Military Cemetery
- Enjoyed your article Judith. Much research has been done over the years, including by me, regarding Seale Hayne. My grandfather was a patient and my grandmother was a worker there. Local BBC filmed there highlighting the groundbreaking work done there. @judithbarrowauthor.bsky.social
