Bridlington station has unveiled two new blue plaques to celebrate local World War Two railway heroes, whose story was discovered by a historian. <\/p>\n
Train operator Northern<\/a> and the Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership<\/a> is honouring the two railway men, who saved countless lives when a bomb hit Bridlington railway yard, causing a train carriage full of ammunition to catch fire.<\/p>\n While a plaque celebrating brave ticket collector Ernest Barker had already been installed at the station, new research shows that two other railway men also fought the blazes alongside him.<\/p>\n Northern and members of the community, including the British Legion, Network Rail and the Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership attended a celebration at Bridlington station, where the additional tributes were unveiled to Arthur Harrison and George Whitehurst.<\/p>\n The heroic railway workers saved lives by battling a fire after a bomb hit the station yard close to a train carriage full of ammunition.<\/p>\n The brave act was carried out on 11 July 1941, as an unexpected raid by a German bomber caused devastation on nearby Hilderthorpe Road. Five people died as blasts destroyed buildings.<\/p>\n But just a few hundred yards away another bomb was close to causing more carnage. Bridlington railway station yard was also hit \u2013 and a fire broke out on a train carriage full of ammunition.<\/p>\n The railway workers ran to the scene and fought the blaze and thankfully extinguished it, saving many lives of the people in the nearby buildings.<\/p>\n They became some of the first people to receive the new George Medal.<\/p>\n Kerry Peters, regional director at Northern said: \u201cWe are so pleased to be able to pay tribute to these local heroes and the heritage of Bridlington station. A special thank you to historian Richard Jones for his tireless research.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d like to thank everyone for attending the event and we are delighted to be a part of this community project.\u201d<\/p>\n Northern is the second largest train operator in the UK, with 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bridlington station has unveiled two new blue plaques to celebrate local World War Two railway heroes, whose story was discovered by a historian. Train operator […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7,11],"class_list":["post-13593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","tag-transport","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t