Valour-Railway Locomotive No 66715

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Non-Specific Conflict

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 11 November 2003
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Dedicated
Date: 11 November 2003
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

60964

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Current location

Named and dedicated at Sheffield.
Royal Victoria Holiday Inn
Victoria Station Road
Sheffield
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 2BP
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 36034 87960
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Class 66 diesel locomotive No. 66715, with irregularly shaped nameplate each side in silver lettering on a black background. Nameplate is designed to resemble those on the Great Central Railway memorial steam locomotive VALOUR (WMR ref. 16046 and 30896).

Inscription

VALOUR/ IN MEMORY OF/ ALL RAILWAY EMPLOYEES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Locomotive
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Corporate

Responsibility

GB Railfreight

Reference

Rail No.476 ( 10-23 Dec. 2003); 578 p.27 (7-20 Nov. 2007)
Local Publication/Booklet Great Central Railway Society leaflet about the GCR memorial, mentioning the locomotive
Western Front Association Bulletin by Western Front Association 68 (Feb. 2004)
The Star (Sheffield) 12 Nov. 2003 p.5.
Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service p.8 (Following unveiling and dedication of GCR memorial)
Forward (Great Central Railway Society) by Great Central Railway Society No.137 p.12 (Autumn 2003); 138; No.139 pp.2,18,20 (Spring 2004); No. 155 p.13 (Feb. 2008)

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