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MANCHESTER VICTORIA STATION
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
CHIEF GOODS MANAGER'S OFFICE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Gill Cannell and Andrew Dishman 2025

There is a tablet in Victoria Station, Manchester to those men from the Chief Goods Manager's Office of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway that died in World War 1. The plaque is located in a Vestibule leading from the platforms, opposite the ticket gates, in Victoria Railway Station, Victoria Station Approach, Manchester. It takes the form of a nowy headed bronze plaque with wreath and laurel leaves at the top.

Photograph Copyright © Gill Cannell and Andrerw Dishman 2025

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAYS
CHIEF GOODS MANAGER'S OFFICE.
IN REMEMBRANCE AND HONOUR
THIS TABLET
IS INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE
MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19

BAILLIE W
Private. Clerk, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Listed in St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial
BANNISTER H
Corporal. Clerk, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Listed in St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial
COOPE H
Sergeant. Clerk, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Listed in St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial
FERRIDAY H
Sergeant. Clerk, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Listed in St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial
GRIME Joseph Crookes
Second Lieutenant, 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action at Bray 26 March 1918. Aged 20. Clerk, Assistant to Goods Manager, Manchester Vctoria Station, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Born 18 September 1897 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Gazetted October 1916. Son of Councillor J. C. Grime, J.P., M.B.E., of 36, Peter Street, Manchester. Baptised 25 December 1897 in Manchester, Lancashire, son of Joseph Crookes and Florence May Grimes. Educated at Blackpool Secondary School, St. Peter's College, Brussels, and Manchester University. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Lancashire, son of Joseph Crookes and Florence May Grime, resident 18, Reynard Road, Chorlton cum Hardy, Chorlton, Lancashire. Admitted to Blackpool Secondary School 5 April 1910, son of Joseph Crookes Grime, resident 84, Withnell Road, SouthShore, Blackpool, left 31 July 1912 to attend College St Pierre, Brusssels; previously educated at South Shore Council School and Arnold House School (Private). In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Chorlton Handy, Lancashire, at school, son of Joseph Crookes and Flornece Mary Grime, resident 86, Osborne Road, South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 32 to 34. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial and Manchester University
HARROP J A
Private. Clerk, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Listed in St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial
MANN A E C
Wireless Telegraphist. Clerk, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Listed in St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial
MARSDEN R
Lieutenant. Sub-Agent, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Listed in St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial
SIMPSON, MC Eric Cograve
[Listed as SIMPSOM on SDGW] Captain, General List attached to Railway Transport Office, M. Forwarding Office, Department. Drowned in Gruissan Harbour, Southern France 4 May 1917. Aged 29. Assistant Agent Antwerp, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)[ London Gazette Issue 29074 18 February 1915] and Mentioned in Despatches. Son of John James and Emily Simpson. Buried Near North-East corner of GRUISSAN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aude, France. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

WHITWORTH Henry of Brackley House Norris Bank Stockport Cheshire captain 8th battalion Manchester regiment died 27 September 1918 in France Administration London 5 June to Harriet Whitworth widow.
Effects £738 2s. 8d.
Further grant issued 26 November 1925

Extract from The Yorkshire Evening Post - Wednesday, 6 June 1917:

A LEEDS CAPTAIN DROWNED.

Captain Eric Cograve SIMPSON, elder son of Mr. John T. Simpson, of Sholebroke Mount, Leeds, who had been reported as missing, is now definitely stated to have been drowned at sea, and his body has been recovered. He was returning home from Salonica, when the vessel which he was on board was lost. He joined the forces in August, 1914, and having previously spent some years of training on English and Continental railways, he was quickly placed on Government railway work. He was sent out to France, and was afterwards transferred to Salonica.
WHITWORTH Henry

Captain, 8th (Ardwick) Battalion (Territorial), Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 27 September 1918. Aged 25. Clerk, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Native of Eccles, Manchester. Son of Alfred Henry and Harriet Whitworth. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Eccles, Lancashirer, a Railway Clerk, son of Harriet Whitworth (a widow), resident 80 Manchester Road, Southport, Lancashire. Buried in CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE, Pas de Calais, France. Row C. Grave 34. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Main Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

WHITWORTH Henry of Brackley House Norris Bank Stockport Cheshire captain 8th battalion Manchester regiment died 27 September 1918 in France Administration London 5 June to Harriet Whitworth widow.
Effects £738 2s. 8d.
Further grant issued 26 November 1925

Extract from The Yorkshire Evening Post - Wednesday, 6 June 1917:

A LEEDS CAPTAIN DROWNED.

Captain Eric Cograve SIMPSON, elder son of Mr. John T. Simpson, of Sholebroke Mount, Leeds, who had been reported as missing, is now definitely stated to have been drowned at sea, and his body has been recovered. He was returning home from Salonica, when the vessel which he was on board was lost. He joined the forces in August, 1914, and having previously spent some years of training on English and Continental railways, he was quickly placed on Government railway work. He was sent out to France, and was afterwards transferred to Salonica.

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