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Article: Bishop to bless war locomotive ; The Bishop of Exeter is to dedicate a restored First World War locomotive, which operated on the Western Front, to commemorate Armistice Day.
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- Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2008
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The Bishop of Exeter is to dedicate a restored First World War
locomotive, which operated on the Western Front, to commemorate
Armistice Day.
The Rt Rev Michael Langrish will perform the ceremony on Tuesday
next week, the 90th anniversary of the end of the war.
The loco will be named Axe, after the East Devon river, and the
Bishop will be accompanied by Rear Admiral Ric Cheadle, the Devon
county president of the Royal British Legion, at the ceremony.
It takes place at Woody Bay station on the revived narrow gauge
Lynton to Barnstaple railway on Exmoor.
The loco is the ...