stokeontrent

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4T engine failed, Adoon, Co. Leitrim

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  • Sharon Corbet said:
    It looks like there's a whole little story here - first the 4T engine fails. You have a 6T arriving to help followed by the 6T hauling it all away...
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Oddly, this is supposedly after the line closed. This is the Cavan & Leitrim Railway as featured earlier in Ballinamore, which closed on March 31st 1959. www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/16618218853/in/photostream/
  • Niall McAuley said:
    You can see the alignment running North-South in Adoon in aerial shots in Google maps
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    25" OSI Map, now that the OSI is working again.
  • Swordscookie said:
    Another Thomas the Tank Engine adventure then:-)

2 Lieutenant Cyril Stuart Embrey

  • Historydevotee said:
    From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website: Name:EMBREY, CYRIL STUART Initials:C S Nationality:United Kingdom Rank:Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service:South Staffordshire Regiment Unit Text:1st/6th Bn. Age:20 Date of Death:12/10/1918 Awards:M C, Twice Mentioned in Despatches Additional information:Son of Mr. H. P. and Mrs. M. Embrey, of Rough Close, Stoke-on-Trent. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:A. 17. Cemetery:FRESNOY-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
  • Arnham said:
    Monumental Inscriptions at Auchencairn Cemetery In glorious and most loving memory of Cyril Stuart Embrey, 2nd Lieut., South Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action in the Great War, 12th Oct. 1918, aged 20 years. He was awarded the Military Cross and was twice mentioned in dispatches for exceptional bravery in face of great difficulties. History records the exploits of his regiment. He engaged in battles which successfully broke through the Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal etc. etc. and after having witnessed the final route of the German army he was killed by secreted machine gun. His body lies in the Bristol Cemetery of Fresnoy-le-Grand, France www.kirkyards.co.uk/rerrick/auchencairn.asp?offset=140 Entry in London Gazette: 2nd Lt. Cyril Stuart Embrey, S. Staff. R. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when on patrol'. He located an enemy post consisting of one officer and seven men. With a party of five he rushed the post, captured two prisoners and killed one of the enemy. The remainder ran away. He displayed great initiative,coolness and dash. www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30950/supplements/12071/p...
  • Charlotte Czyzyk said:
    Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/