Sidney Keeble - St Mary's churchyard - Bramford, Suffolk - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

Sidney Keeble was one of the railwaymen killed in the Cromer Express disaster at Colchester Station on July 12th 1913 when the express from London ran into the back of a shunting engine at high speed.
Sidney was the fireman of the Cromer Express, George Burdett, the guard died at the scene. William Barnard, the driver and son of John Barnard of Westerfield explosion fame, died in his way to hospital.

Extract for the Accident at Colchester on 12th July 1913 -

"In this case, as the 1 p.m. up express train from Cromer to London, consisting of engine, tender, and 12 vehicles, was running through Colchester Station on the up main line at a high rate of speed, it came into collision with the tender of a light engine, which was at the time moving slowly forward on the same line.

The driver of the light engine, who was the only man on that engine at the time, was considerably injured. The driver and fireman of the engine of the express train were killed instantaneously, but an inspector who was also travelling on the engine escaped with comparatively slight injuries. The guard of the train, who was travelling in the leading brake-van, was also killed, almost instantaneously. It is believed that there were or seven passengers travelling in the first-class carriage behind the brake-van; one of these was rather seriously injured, and was in hospital at the time of my inquiry; 13 other passengers complained of slight personal injuries."

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The full report can be read in this pdf document - (visit link)

Type of Death Listed: Accident Website (if available): [Web Link] Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed

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