Wear your poppy with pride today, pause respectfully for two minutes at 11 am this Remembrance Sunday morning, and again on Wednesday 11th, remembering those who have given their lives for the freedom that we all enjoy today and support the sterling work of the Royal British Legion.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Locomotive 333 was built originally by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, designed by Billinton, as an L class 4-6-4 ‘Baltic’ tank. She was given the name Remembrance and became the companies War Memorial engine and carried a plaque with the inscription:
“In grateful remembrance of the 532 men of the L.B.& S.C.Rly. who gave their lives for their country, 1914-1919″
In 1934, under the auspices of Maunsell they were rebuilt as Class N15x (an appropriate Brighton-style suffix) 4-6-0s, and fitted with standard Urie LSWR tenders along with smoke deflectors. Now number 2333 ‘Remembrance’ retained its name, plaque and status within the Southern Railway.
Railway companies across the country and indeed the world lost many staff; not only those drafted into the military services, but also those lost whom continued their duties on the railways keeping the networks up and running, we should honour and remember them all.
And just to end this post – Remember me – A voice for the dead by Harry Riley
Remember me
Duty called and I went to war
Though I’d never fired a gun before
I paid the price for your new day
As all my dreams were blown away
Remember me
Once we, like you, would laugh and talk
And run and walk and do the things that you all do
But now we lie in rows so neat
Beneath the soil, beneath your feet
Remember me
In mud and gore and the blood of war
We fought and fell and move no more
Remember me, I am not dead
I’m just a voice within your head
From James Scott’s Victory Arch, Waterloo station:
“Dedicated to the employees of the Company who fell in the war.”
Listed on the stone medallions are:
Belgium, Italy, Dardenelles, France, Egypt, Mesopotamia, North Sea
As all will no doubt know Waterloo Station is named after Waterloo bridge which was opened two years after the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.
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A fitting reminder for Remeberance Sunday