Sir Eustace Missenden - Chairman, Railway Executive 1948-51 and Southern Region managers 1949. (Ref: 010354)
Naming ceremony of Battle of Britain class engine 34090 "Sir Eustace Missenden" at Waterloo on 15.2.49. Photograph shows left to right: Mr T E Grimes, Supt of Motive Power; Mr H L Smedley, Legal Adviser & Solicitor Railway Executive; W J England, ex-Supt of Operations; H E O Wheeler, ex-Supt of Operations; R G Davidson, ex-Chief Accountant; O W Cromwell, Chief Officer for Labour & Establishment; R M T Richards OBE, Deputy CRO, Sir Eustace Missenden OBE Chairman of the Railway Executive; O V Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer; John Elliot, Chief Regional Officer; S W Smart OBE, Supt of Operations; R P Biddle CBE, Docks & Marine Manager Southampton; C Graseman, Public Relations & Adv Officer.533/4/66.
ROMA ID: 010354E