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People

This page contains details of many of the staff and people involved with the WC&P Railway.

The information below is mostly gleaned from the books listed on the Books page.

Items marked * are listed in Colin Maggs’ book as staff in 1925.

John Francis Ranald Daniel - Secretary of WCPT and Managing Director of the WCPLR until 1911 before Col Stephens. Born 1829. Died 1918.

Col H F Stephens - see History. See also Col Stephens’ Museum web site entry.

W H Austen - see History

George S Newton - General Manager from 1903 to 1911

Spencer Gore-Browne - Chairman of WCPLR 1907

The following staff are listed in surname order:

S Badman - Permanent Way staff *

Edward Baker - Fireman

Arthur Barnes - Driver *

Frank Beere - Portishead station master (in 1912 photo) * later Station Manager, Clevedon

Tom Bennett - Driver

J Brooks - Permanent Way staff *

E C (Dan) Carey - Guard - started in 1923 and left 1927 then joined GWR * - son is Howard Carey

Charles Coles - Driver until the General Strike in 1926 - see also Memories *

J Cooper - Permanent Way staff *

Bill Cullen - Conductor (in 1911 photo)

E Day - Crossing Keeper, Clevedon *

H Davey - Guard 1907

F Denmead - Permanent Way *

J Dimond - Permanent Way staff *

James Elford - Fireman

Edward Evans - Driver

Horace Ford - Guard

Tom Gatford - Driver until closure. Drove last train. Formerly on Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway.

G Gooding - Permanent Way staff Worle *

Arthur J Grundy - Manager of Clevedon headquarters *

Gordon Grundy - Station Agent Clevedon *

Sidney Grundy - Station Agent Clevedon * later Portishead

George Hancock - Fireman then Driver (in 1897 and 1905 photo)

A Halliday - Driver *

Tom Hedger - Fireman * later Driver

Alf Hill - Chief Fitter

Alf Hill - Fitter (son of Alf Hill)

Fred Hill - Fitter (son of Alf Hill)

J Hodges - Station Master Weston-super-Mare 1907

Arthur Jenkins - Railcar Conductor *

John (Jack) R Jones - Driver at opening of railway (ex GWR)

John Maize - Driver

George Morgan - Driver of the railcar

Stan Plumley - Day cleaner (later Fireman) * (See Magazines- Tenterden Terrier)

William Preston - Fireman (in 1898 photo) , later Driver

Florence Radford - Station Mistress at Worle *

A Ralph - Carpenter *

F Read - Night Cleaner *

Jack H Riddick - Guard for about 20 years. Joined railway in 1914 *

J Robbins - Permanent Way Portishead *

Albert Sharpe - Fireman * later Driver

O Simonds - Permanent Way *

Joseph Sperring - Crossing Keeper, Worle

William C Stone - Guard

R Surtees - Station Master, Weston Super Mare *

A Taylor - Permanent Way *

F Thomas - Permanent Way staff *

Charles Toomey - Porter, Clevedon *

James Vowles - Permanent Way Staff *

Vic Ware - Station Agent at Portishead. Nephew of Frank Beere. Died 3 February 2010.

F Warren - Porter, Portishead *

William Whitting - Conductor 1907 later Driver

Edward R Wintour - Traffic Manager and Loco Superintendent 1897 to 1903

Bert Woodland - Fitter’s Mate * later Driver

More details to come ... if you have any knowledge of any staff please let us know. Contact ...