George William Blackall

George William Blackall (1857-1946)

1857 Born at Caversham the son of Thomas Blackall and his wife Louisa Bartlett

1910 Divisional Engineer at Gloucester for the Great Western Railway

1946 Died. 'Mr. George William Blackall, who has died his home at Westborough, Western - road, Cheltenham, at the age of 91, was a retired railway official with a notable record of service on the G.W.R. His career with the G.W.R. extended over years, and for some time he was divisional engineer at Gloucester. Mr. Blackall was the eldest of three brothers, sons of the late Mr. Thomas Blackall, of Reading, all of whom held high positions in the Great Western service. Educated at Victoria University, Manchester, he joined the G.W.R. at Paddington in 1876. Two years later he was moved to Neath, but returned to Paddington in 1883, and later became Parliamentary Assistant to the Chief Engineer. He was associated with many Improvement and expansion schemes on the G.W.R. system, and was responsible for the re-modelling of the Stroud and Churchdown stations and the lay-out of the line from Cheltenham to Honeybourne. He had lived in Cheltenham since 1902 and made many friends here. His wife died about seven years ago. Mr. Blackall's only son, Bertram, who was also employed on the railway, died about 15 years ago as a result of an accident. '

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