09/11/2018

  Great Western Railway is marking 100 years since the end of the Great War with a special ceremony to commemorate the 2,545 railway workers who were lost in battle. The centrepiece of the ceremony at Paddington Station today unveils a special Intercity Express Train featuring the names of all 2,545 men who worked for the GWR and were killed during the war.  Those being remembered worked in all areas of the company; engineers, labourers, solicitors, carriage cleaners and apprentices…