Title | Employment records | |
TYPE | Directory | |
Source ID | S2761 | |
Text | Employment record of uniformed staff of Great Western Railway, England Register of uniformed staff No.1 H 1839-1915 Entered Great Western Railway May 1891 as a gateman. He was 18 years age - gave his birth date as 8 April 1873. Had frequent changes of posts and locations: June 1891 he became a ticket collector at Taunton September 1891 Porter at Washford October 1891 Porter, Uffculme Nov 1891 Signalman, Bridgewater Dec 1893 Signalman, Chard July 1895 Signalman, Wellington, Somerset September 1898 Pass Guard Westbourne Park October 1899 Pass Guard, Hammersmith May 1900 Pass Guard, Westbourne Park September 1901 Pass Guard, Hammersmith Jan 1902 Pass Guard Salisbury Jan 1903 Pass Guard, Melbourne Park June 1903 Pass Guard,Paddington July 1908 Pass Guard, Taunton Was fined in Feb 1895 for an irregularity in booking train times. Source National Archives, London; via ancestry.co.uk |