
blue plaque
Wilston Samuel Jackson, LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, and The Elizabethan blue plaque
Wilston Samuel Jackson
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”
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1927-2018
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Kings Cross Station
N1C
Erected 2021
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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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