railway engineer

[sallyrowe]

Can anyone tell me which famous railway engineer is buried at Stoke Gabriel in Devon, and how did he die?

[Dodger666]

Don't know which famous railway engineer is buried at Stoke Gabriel, but George Jackson Churchward, chief mechanical engineer for GWR was born there on Jan 31st 1857. He is buried in Swindon.

Suffering from poor eyesight and hearing in later life, he was killed by an express train whilst inspecting a railway sleeper.

[VHG]

See this web site, it says

"Outside, the churchyard has fine views over the mill pond and the River Dart, and has numerous gravestones associated with the Churchward family, including one commemorating George Jackson Churchward, the famous railway engineer"

http://www.stokegabriel.co.uk/InfoandLinks/Attractions/TheParishChurch/tabid/123/Default.aspx

[Dodger666]

George Jackson Churchward, buried in Christ Church, Swindon:-

http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_gwr_gjc.htm