At the outbreak of war in 1914 the Great Western Railway employed about 80,000; 25,479 men enlisted in the services with 2,436 losing their lives by the end of the four year massacre. Throughout the war the Great Western Railway Magazine published details and photographs of the men who had lost their lives, which are now available to view on the Swindon Local Studies flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal Inspired by this project, family historian Ruth Wood decided to launch her own. “ It just came to me that it would be so helpful to others, like me, researching their family history, if they could do a keyword/surname search for their GWR relative,” Ruth said. Now living in Durham, Ruth grew up in a Swindon ‘railway,’ family with several generations of engine drivers, boiler makers, electricians and engineers; her brother was one of the last intakes of apprentices at the Swindon Works. Liaising with staff at Swindon Central Library, Ruth launche...