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 and Driver ?) *
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
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