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The Great Western Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Charles Sargeant Jagger and Thomas S. Tait. It stands on platform 1 at London Paddington station, commemorating the 2,500 employees of the Great Western Railway (GWR) who were killed in the conflict. One-third of the GWR's workforce of almost 80,000 left to fight in the First World War, the company guaranteeing their jobs, and the GWR gave over its workshops for munitions manufacturing as well as devoting its network to transporting soldiers and military equipment. The company considered several schemes for a war memorial before approaching Jagger to design a statue. Some officials continued to push for an alternate design, to the point that Jagger threatened to resign. Jagger was working on several other war memorial

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  • Great Western Railway War Memorial (en)
  • 大西部铁路战争纪念碑 (zh)
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  • 大西部铁路战争纪念碑坐落在倫敦帕丁頓車站一站台,是、创作的,旨在纪念大西部鐵路约2,500位一战烈士。该司近80,000职工约三分之一背井离乡投身第一次世界大战,公司承诺为他们保留职位,车间转为制造军火,铁路网运送军人和装备。大西部铁路设想多个战争纪念方案,最后决定请贾格尔设计雕塑,但部分官员尚不齐心,中意其他设计方案,贾格尔一度威胁走人。设计大西部铁路战争纪念碑的同时,贾格尔还负责好几个战争纪念物,其中包括他最有名的作品。 纪念碑主体是军人身穿厚重冬衣看家书的铜像,脚下是打磨的花岗岩基座,身后是白色岩壁。记载烈士姓名的卷轴埋在基座下面。1922年11月22日,公司总裁为纪念碑揭幕,现场除大西部铁路官员外,还有坎特伯雷大主教和六千多烈士家属。等待观礼的群众人数极多,大西部铁路为此在两个站台和站台间铁轨建造观景台。 半个多世纪后,英国陆军邮政局纪念碑于1981年揭幕,以贾格尔的作品为模型;2014年之际,纪念碑又用于鼓励人们写信。新冠病毒疫情期间,大西部铁路各网点社区把花圈挂上火车运到帕丁顿站,用于纪念活动。 (zh)
  • The Great Western Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Charles Sargeant Jagger and Thomas S. Tait. It stands on platform 1 at London Paddington station, commemorating the 2,500 employees of the Great Western Railway (GWR) who were killed in the conflict. One-third of the GWR's workforce of almost 80,000 left to fight in the First World War, the company guaranteeing their jobs, and the GWR gave over its workshops for munitions manufacturing as well as devoting its network to transporting soldiers and military equipment. The company considered several schemes for a war memorial before approaching Jagger to design a statue. Some officials continued to push for an alternate design, to the point that Jagger threatened to resign. Jagger was working on several other war memorial (en)
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  • Great Western Railway War Memorial (en)
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