Cardiff railway station honouring WW1 dead

Workers from the Taff Vale Railway who died in the First World War are being honoured at one of Wales’ busiest stations, and historians are seeking further information from descendants.

The hand-written Roll of Honour on a wall at Cardiff Queen Street station lists all of the TVR company’s employees who served in the Great War. Those who died are denoted with a mark beside their names.

Now Arriva Trains Wales, Network Rail and information project HistoryPoints have placed QR codes near the Roll of Honour so that anyone can receive more information on their mobiles – including details of when the men died, where they are buried or commemorated and often their home addresses and next of kin.

HistoryPoints researchers would like to hear from relatives who have further details of any of the TVR men who died.