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'''[[North Western Railway]] (NWR) Personnel'''
''Click on name to follow link where available for more information. This list is not complete''
There are no staff agreements for NWR personnel held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]].
The most notable of these are as follows
==NWR Senior Personnel - Chronological Order==
*[[Horace Bell]], 1881 July to October, officiated as Director of the NWR <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Horace_Bell "Grace's Guide - Horace Bell”]; Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>
*[[Henry Francis Storey]], 1886, Superintending Engineer
*Robert Trefusis Mallet, 1886, Chief Engineer <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA560 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
*[[Henry Francis Storey]], 1886, Superintending Engineer <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Francis_Storey "Grace's Guide - Henry Francis Storey”]; Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>
*[[Charles Thomas Sandiford]], 1886-99, NWR Locomotive Superintendent <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA607=&dq Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 607]; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016</ref>. 1892 winter, [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' delegate representing (NWR) <ref>[http://www.steamindex.com/locomag/lcwr31.htm#133p The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate. Also see [[Indian Railway Conference Association]] page ]; Retrieved 19 Aug 2016</ref>.
*[[Vans Righy]], 1886-90 , Superintendent Way and Works <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA600 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 600 (pdf page 563)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
*[[Alfred Brereton]], 1887 Executive Engineer; 1888, District Traffic Superintendent; 1891, Deputy Manager, 1891-93 <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA448 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 448 (pdf page 411)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
*[[James Adam]], 1887 , Assistant Engineer <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA423 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 423 (pdf page 386 )] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>
*[[Robert Richard Gales]],1887-95, NWR Survey and construction work, later NWR Assistant Manager<ref name=GG1922>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1922_Who's_Who_In_Engineering:_Name_G Grace's Guide "Who's Who 1922"]; Retrieved 18 Jul 2016</ref>. Following other important postings he returned to NWR in 1917 ''- see below.''
*[[William Henry Cole]], 1888 Assistant Superintendent Way and Works; 1888; Executive Engineer, 1888-98 <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA464 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 464 (pdf page 427)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
*[[James Samuel Brown]], 1889-90 Officiating Deputy Manager; 1895 and 1896, Offg Engineer-in-Chief; 1899 Superintendent Engineer (temp) <ref > [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA449 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 449 (pdf page 412)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
*[[Ronald Chapman Beeston]], 1893, Executive Engineer <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA437 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 437 (pdf page 400)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>
*[[Hugh Lewin Monk]], 1896-98, Engineer-in-chief Railway Surveys <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 569 (pdf page 532)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>
*[[Henry Parsall Burt]], 1896-1907. Posted from [[State Railways]]. 1896, NWR Deputy Traffic Superintendent; 1901, Deputy Manager; (1901-1907 posted to other railways); 1907 NWR Manager; Lieut. Col. commanding N. W. Railway Rifles <ref name=CL1905>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453&dq=Burt,+Henry+India&source=bl&ots=eoMF17myT-&sig=v2CLBB1AznyqzCmMjgdP2rIGHwE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjw1qfwmd7NAhUJXRoKHZGTBAwQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=Burt%2C%20Henry%20India&f=false Google Books "1905 Civil List" page 453]; Retrieved on 13 Jul 2016</ref> <ref name=biog>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_(1915)/Burt,_Henry_Parsall The Indian Biographical Dictionary "Burt, Henry Parsall"]; Retrieved on 12 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[George Winmill]], 1898-1904, Locomotive Superintendent <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA649=&dq Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 649]; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016</ref>.
*[[William Danvers Waghorn]]. Posted from [[State Railways]]. 1910-13, NWR Deputy Manager and officiating Manager; 1913 NWR Deputy Agent; 1916 Agent <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.626 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary - Waghorn, William Danvers"]; Retrieved on 13 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Robert Richard Gales]], 1917-19 as NWR Agent<ref name=GG1939>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1939_Who's_Who_In_Engineering:_Name_G Grace's Guide "Who's Who 1939"]; Retrieved 18 Jul 2016</ref>. He was previously posted to NWR from 1887 ''- see above.''
==National Archives==
*Victor Hope Boalth, NWR Chief Commercial Manager, Railway service: 1895-1927 <ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C8946012 RAIL 1156/20/36] Victor Hope Boalth: Chief Commercial Manager, North Western Railway of India. Birth: 12 September 1872, Sumbolpore, India. Railway service: 1895-1927] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
*Frank Montagu George Wheeler, NWR Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, Railway service: 1931-1949 <ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C8947016 RAIL 1156/26/40] Frank Montagu George Wheeler: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, North Western Railway, India. Birth: 22 July 1907, London. Railway service: 1931-1949] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>
==NWR Junior Personnel==
This list is from various records:-
*Browne A H. India General Service Medal, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 on clasp; awarded to '19 A.H. Browne, Rlys.' Thackers:- NWR Loco and Carriage Dept; 1913 Shed Foreman, Khanewal; 1914 Shed Foreman, Ghaziabad and 1918 Shed Foreman, Campbell. ''(Ref Allan Stanistreet)''
== References ==
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway PeoplePersonnel Lists]]
