A summary of Personnel and related Events that took place on our local Railways represented at Cathays Cemetery.
Name | Dates | Classification | Plot |
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Richard Evans | 1833-1912 | First General Manager | M 1770 |
Name | Dates | Classification | Plot |
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Samuel W Allen | 1845-1920 | Post of Locomotive Superintendent created in 1870 when he came from Parfitt & Jenkins which built locomotives for the Marquis of Bute. Post lapsed in 1881 when he retired (role fulfilled by chief engineers). | M 439 |
Charles Lafayette Hunter | 1839-1902 | Chief Engineer | L 1184 |
Name | Dates | Classification | Plot |
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John Canty | 1842-1884 | Locomotive Superintendent | M 757 |
Henry Hawks | 1876-1904 | Boiler burst on the Rhymney Railway | J 189 |
John Kendall | 1829-1869 | Locomotive Superintendant | Q 527 |
Cornelius Lundie | 1818-1908 | Director & Engineer | M 1917 |
William Murphy | 1885-1904 | Boiler burst on the Rhymney Railway | R 2740 |
Thomas Parry | 1876-1904 | Boiler burst on the Rhymney Railway | A 1276 |
Name | Dates | Classification | Plot |
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Samuel W Allen | 1845-1920 | Locomotive Superintendent, Consulting Engineer to Cardiff Board of Guardians, member of the Cardiff Naturalists | M 439 |
A general engineering firm which constructed thirteen 0-6-0ST locomotives between 1869 and 1881. These were supplied to the Marquis of Bute's Railway. Some were eventually absorbed into GWR stock. See Samuel W Allen - Cardiff Railway above. |
Name | Dates | Classification | Plot |
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William Marsh | 1839-1901 | Assistant Engineer | B 864 |
Name | Dates | Classification | Plot |
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James Brown | -1893 | Pontypridd Railway Disaster 1893 Victim | J 345 |
Edward Edwards | 1836-1912 | Secretary | L 2171 |
George Fisher | 1866-1891 | Loco Superintendant 1869-73 | L 839/L 867 |
George Gould | -1911 | Hopkinstown Railway Disaster 1911 Victim | S 3327 |
John Howell Hosgood | 1860-1910 | Chief draughtsman | L 1856 |
Oscar Hurford | 1848-1926 | Stationmaster Cowbridge & Pontypridd | M 1283 |
Edward Kenway | 1816-1867 | Secretary | M 1877 |
Frederick Marwood | 1827-1879 | Secretary | L 720 |
Thomas McMullen | 1804-1892 | Station Manager - Station Terrace & Newport Road, Cardiff | L 881 |
Patrick Ratican | -1878 | Hopkinstown Railway Disaster 1878 Victim | D 428 |
Tom Hurry Riches | 1846-1911 | Locomotive superintendent | L 867 |
Annie Williams | -1893 | Pontypridd Railway Disaster 1893 Victim | S 455 |