Tuesday 25 November 2014

Royston, A E Shepherd VC Railway Locomotive Plaque in A E Shepherd VC Centre

Name Plaque now on display in the A E Shepherd Centre, Station Road, Royston
0-4-0 Saddle Tank N0. HC1784/47 with nameplates bearing inscription SHEPHERD VC
0-4-0 Saddle Tank N0. HC1784/47 with nameplates bearing inscription SHEPHERD VC
Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph of plaque by Pete Schofield.  Other photos, access to the A E Shepherd Centre and additional information with grateful thanks to Joyce Johnson of the Royston Local History Group.


Information from the War Memorials Archive:
Locomotive built 1947 and scrapped at Royston by Roe Brothers & Co. Ltd of Sheffield in November 1972.
The Industrial Locomotive No.135, Vol.13, No. 6 (June 2010). "Pte (later Cpl) A E Shepherd was awarded his VC for action, and worked at the collieries before and after WW1."

Albert is also remembered on the:

Royston, Old Lychgate, St John the Baptist, Church Street, A E Shepherd V C
Royston, Plaque on War Memorial, St John the Baptist, Church Street, A E Shepherd VC

Royston, A E Shepherd VC Centre, Station Road, Royston (ROY09)
Royston, Albert E Shepherd, Blue Plaque on ROY09
Royston, A E Shepherd, Royal British Legion Plaque in ROY09
Royston, Albert E Shepherd, Framed Photo and Biography, in ROY09



BWMP #ROY04

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