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Wilston Samuel Jackson, LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, and The Elizabethan blue plaque
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Wilston Samuel Jackson, LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, and The Elizabethan blue plaque

Wilston Samuel Jackson

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Inscription

“Wilston Samuel Jackson Born 17 May 1927 Jamaica. First Black British Train Driver. Fireman & Driver of Steam and Diesel Locomotives out of King's Cross & St Pancras 1952-1967 Fireman & Driver of the locomotives 'Mallard' and 'The Flying Scotsman' and the train "The Elizabethan" Died 15 September 2018 aged 91”

Details

1927-2018

Life dates

Kings Cross Station

N1C

Erected 2021

Network Rail

Organisation

People & Places Honored

  • Wilston Samuel Jackson

    (1927-2018)

  • LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman

    steam locomotive · (1923-present)

  • LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard

    steam locomotive · (1938-present)

  • The Elizabethan

    (1953-1961)

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