Morris Jones (1892)
Morris Jones, Apprentice Fitter, later Foreman of Works.(b. c1892) served his apprenticeship as a fitter in Boston Lodge Works before the First World War. We cannot positively identify him in the 1911 census as he does not appear to have joined Boston Lodge until after that. There is a Morris Jones working as a lad Porter in Ffestiniog and another working with a contractor on a siding at Trawsfynydd, but neither can be positively identified.
During WW I, he served in the Merchant Navy as an engineering officer.
He was home in Portmadoc on leave when, or just after, Hugh Hughes was killed in a accident. He was offered and took the position of Locomotive Superintendent, a post in which he remained until some eight months after the 1946 closure, his services being dispensed with in March 1947, the last employee (other than Robert Evans) to leave the Company[1]. He was giving three days a week help at Pendre during the early years of the Talyllyn Railway revival and was the first person to be employed by the new Ffestiniog administration in 1955, being involved in the restoration of Prince and subsequently of the double engine Taliesin. He died in 1978, and his obituary was written by his apprentice Arwyn Morgan,[2]
Morris Jones (1892) is confirmed as the person in the photo known as Boyd26H. (click here to see) This photo is labelled "A Group taken in the Works Yard before the First War". It is believed to be around 1913. It is not all staff from the yard at that time. There was a list attached to the original which declares who the people are. This person is believed to be in the second row from the back and the fourth person from the left handside.
[edit] References
- ^ Boyd, James I.C. (1975 / 2002). The Festiniog Railway 1800 - 1974; Vol. 1 - History and Route. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1167-X. OCLC 2074549.
- ^ Ffestiniog Railway Magazine - Society House Magazine Issue No: 083 , page(s): 002 , Obituary
