Railway manager. Born Talbot Road, Paddington. London & South Western Railway General Manager 1911 - 1923. Southern Railway General Manager 1923 - 1937. Director 1937 - 1947. In charge of the development of the 1922 Waterloo Station, the development of the docks at Southampton and the electrification of the Southern Railway. Died 9 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead.
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Herbert Ashcombe Walker
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Herbert Walker
Herbert Ashcombe Walker, KCB London & South Western Railway General Mana...
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Elkington & Co.
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Peter Dobson Allen
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London Hydraulic Power Company
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Andrew Carnegie
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Tea Trade in London
The following text is taken from the Shoreditch plaque: This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation ...