Category Archives:Blue Plaques

A total of 200 ‘blue plaques’ have been displayed for the first time to mark two centuries of railway history in the South East. The unveiling took place during community celebrations at Lewes tow...

CHARLES ‘MONTE CARLO’ WELLS 1841-1922 FRAUDSTER AND GAMBLER THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO IN 1891 Had to leave the London & Paris Hotel at Newhaven Harbour Station because of his r...

Station master at Twickenham When the very first ‘rugby special’ fast trains brought spectators from London to the new Rugby Union ground in 1909. The first Twickenham railway station opened in 18...

Market Gardener in Barnes One of many forced to sell or vacate land for the construction of the railways. In 1846 James got £40 compensation for his crops. In the early days of railway construction t...

Chief Railway Engineer A resident of North Sheen, he rebuilt Richmond Bridge, Feltham goods yard and reconstructed Waterloo Station in 1915 Born in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire 1858, the fourth son to...

Railway Children’s Home Fundraiser Railway fireman and shunter, Graham raised money for the railway children’s home in Woking The North Downs’ Line have a Railway 200 blue plaque in honour of Ma...

Railway Guard Killed On Duty John, one of possibly six children to Mary née Hall and William Budd, a Southern Electric railway motorman. The family lived on Kings Farm Avenue beside North Sheen stati...

Engine Cleaner, Fireman and Driver During World War II he worked on trains transporting vital ammunition to the South Coast. The son of Florence Catling and Thomas Percival, a L&SW railway fireman...

Engine Driver & Fireman Rescued two children from drowning in a frozen pond during a train journey On 13 Feb 1936, engine driver William Long and fireman Charles Wallace stopped their Southern Rai...

(Albert) Sidney King 1902 – 1978 North Sheen Signalman Liaising with stations and crossings he controlled train movements by pulling levers to operate signals and points. Sidney King was born in...