Bere Ferrers rail accident, the Glossary
The Bere Ferrers rail accident occurred at Bere Ferrers railway station in England on 24 September 1917 when ten soldiers from New Zealand alighted from their troop train on the wrong side of the train, having assumed they should leave by the same side they had entered, and were struck and killed by an oncoming express.[1]
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17 relations: Bere Ferrers railway station, Brake van, England, Exeter St Davids railway station, London Waterloo station, National Army Museum (New Zealand), New Zealand, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Plymouth, Plymouth Friary railway station, Plymouth Sound, Rail directions, Railway platform, Salisbury Plain, Sling Camp, St Andrew's Church, Bere Ferrers, Tavistock railway station.
- 1910s in Devon
- 1917 disasters in the United Kingdom
- 1917 in England
- 1917 in New Zealand
- Bere Ferrers
- New Zealand in World War I
- Railway accidents and incidents in Devon
- Railway accidents in 1917
- September 1917 events
Bere Ferrers railway station
Bere Ferrers station on the Tamar Valley Line is situated near the village of Bere Ferrers in Devon, England. Bere Ferrers rail accident and Bere Ferrers railway station are Bere Ferrers.
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Brake van
Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Exeter St Davids railway station
Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal and largest railway station in Exeter, also the busiest station in Devon.
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London Waterloo station
Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.
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National Army Museum (New Zealand)
The National Army Museum (Te Mata Toa) is the museum of the New Zealand Army.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight alongside other British Empire and Dominion troops during World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). Bere Ferrers rail accident and New Zealand Expeditionary Force are new Zealand in World War I.
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Plymouth
Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.
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Plymouth Friary railway station
Plymouth Friary railway station was the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) terminus in Plymouth, Devon, England.
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Plymouth Sound
Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep inlet or sound in the English Channel near Plymouth in England.
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Rail directions
Rail directions are used to describe train directions on rail systems.
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Railway platform
A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains.
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Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in southern England covering.
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Sling Camp
Sling Camp was a World War I camp occupied by New Zealand soldiers beside the then-military town of Bulford on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
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St Andrew's Church, Bere Ferrers
St Andrew's Church in Bere Ferrers, Devon, is a parish church in the Church of England The church contains the oldest stained-glass window in Devon (excluding Exeter Cathedral), dated at 600 years old. Bere Ferrers rail accident and st Andrew's Church, Bere Ferrers are Bere Ferrers.
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Tavistock railway station
Tavistock railway station is a proposed new station to serve Tavistock in Devon, England, in order to reinstate a rail connection between the town and Plymouth, about to the south.
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See also
1910s in Devon
- 1908 Ashburton by-election
- 1910 Barnstaple by-election
- 1911 Barnstaple by-election
- 1915 Tiverton by-election
- 1916 Exeter by-election
- 1918 Exeter by-election
- 1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Chumhill rail accident
1917 disasters in the United Kingdom
- Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- HMS C16
- HMS E36
- HMS G9
- HMS K13
- HMS Vanguard (1909)
- HMY Kethailes
- Ratho rail crash
- SS Mendi
- Silvertown explosion
1917 in England
- 1917 Basingstoke by-election
- 1917 Cambridge by-election
- 1917 Chesterton by-election
- 1917 Epping by-election
- 1917 Henley by-election
- 1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election
- 1917 Norwich by-election
- 1917 Oxford by-election
- 1917 Rossendale by-election
- 1917 Rotherham by-election
- 1917 Salford North by-election
- 1917 Southampton by-election
- 1917 Spalding by-election
- 1917 Stockton-on-Tees by-election
- 1917 Tamworth by-election
- 1917 Wisbech by-election
- Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Cottingley Fairies
- Gruban v Booth
- SM UB-81
- SS Radaas
1917 in New Zealand
- 1917 Birthday Honours
- 1917 New Year Honours
- 1917 in New Zealand
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- SS Port Kembla
Bere Ferrers
- Bere Alston
- Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)
- Bere Alston railway station
- Bere Ferrers
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Bere Ferrers railway station
- Charles Alfred Stothard
- Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke
- Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke
- St Andrew's Church, Bere Ferrers
- Tavy Bridge
- Weir Quay
New Zealand in World War I
- 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles
- 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles
- 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles
- 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles
- 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles
- 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles
- 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles
- Anzac Day Act (New Zealand)
- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- Battle of the Selle
- Battle of the Wazzir
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Bulford Kiwi
- List of New Zealand soldiers executed during World War I
- Luna Park, Cairo
- Military history of New Zealand during World War I
- New Zealand Army Nursing Service
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force
- New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)
- New Zealand Soldiers' Club
- Occupation of German Samoa
- Official History of New Zealand's Effort in the Great War
- Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000
- Proposed Australian and New Zealand Army
- Ripapa Island
- Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association
- Somme Cup
- Surafend massacre
- Waitemata (ship)
Railway accidents and incidents in Devon
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Braunton Road rail accident
- Chumhill rail accident
Railway accidents in 1917
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Ciurea rail disaster
- Houten train accident
- Ratho rail crash
- Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
- Shepherdsville train wreck
September 1917 events
- 1917 Swedish general election
- 1917 Western Australian state election
- Action of 25 September 1917
- Actions of 30 September – 4 October 1917
- All-Russian Democratic Conference
- Battle of Mărășești
- Battle of Polygon Wood
- Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
- Battles of Ramadi (1917)
- Bay View incident
- Bellevue Conference (September 11, 1917)
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
- Bolshevization of the soviets
- Capture of Wurst Farm
- Congress of the Enslaved Peoples of Russia
- Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
- Riga offensive (1917)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bere_Ferrers_rail_accident