Title
George Jackson Churchward Chief Engineer GRW
Subject
Portrait
Anno
Description
George Jackson Churchward. Born at Stoke Gabriel near Totnes in 1957, died on 19th December 1933 when struck by a South Wales express train near his Swindon home. He was apprentice engineer to the South Devon railway from Totnes Grammar School. When the South Devon railway was taken over by the Great Western in 1876, he was transferred to the GWR Swindon drawing offices. He became GWR's Chief Engineer in 1902.
Publisher
Morrab Library
Date
1910
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Print
Identifier
PEOP 8.027
Original Format
photo
Period Costume
N
Individual Names
George Jackson Churchward