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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4021 m/e 06/1909

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1909 KING EDWARD (removed 06/1927)
06/1927 THE BRITISH MONARCH (removed 11/1927)
11/1927 BRITISH MONARCH

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class Star
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 178
Works Number 2365
To Service During 06/1909
Withdrawal Fri 10/10/1952 off Oxford (81F)
Service Life 43 yrs, 4 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1909
PDN   Old Oak Common 4w/e 14/12/1935
OXF   Oxford 4w/e 08/02/1936
OXF   Oxford on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 10/10/1952

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 31/10/1952

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1909 Superheated boiler fitted
07/1948 'Elbow' pattern outside steam pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
11/12/1942 American 2-8-0 at Paddington As mentioned in the daily Press, on 11/12/42, Engine U.S.A. 1604 was on view at Paddington; built in 9/42 by the American Loco. Co., Schenectady Works No. 70435. One picture shows it standing alongside G.W.R. 4021 British Monarch. Nos. 1607/8/9 of the same class have been seen outside SDN. It is understood that ten of these engines are allocated to the G.W.R. SLS/194302
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604
31/08/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during August included: 992, 1004, 1758, 2023, 2280, 2289, 2409, 2568, 2818, 2833, 2886, 3170, 3375, 3582, 3845, 4015, 4021, 4049, 4055, 4082, 4701, 4800, 4924, 4931, 4945, 4957, 4989, 5006, 5049, 5056, 5069, 5084, 5088, 5094, 5318, 5337, 5347, 5353, 5370, 5913, 5922, 5923, 5940, 5962, 6333, 6909, 6931, an 6965. 2-8-0's which have recently been converted to oil-burning were ex Works as follows: Nos. 4809 (2845) 11/8, 4810 (2853) 13/8, 4857 (3831) 16/8 and 4811 (2847) 20/8. The construction of Lot 366 is under way and No. 6971 (coal-burning) is nearing completion. (16/9). SLS/194710
31/05/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. 1903, 2031, 2808/89, 2924/36/37/54, 3827, 4021/22/32/51/80/89/91/96, 4386, 4938/40/92, 5010/21/23, 5158, 5258, 5317/36/74, 5526/48/59/65, 5914/68, 6001/11/25/29, 6369/89, 6426, 6807/71, 6900/06/27/29, 7007, 7301/15, 77028, 77429 an 78714. New work (May): Nos. 7008 OXF, 7009 LDR (the latter is fitted with smokebox number plate); D.E. 15103/04 PDN; 9667-70. No. 7010 is nearly ready (28/5) and is painted pea green, as also is No. 4089, which is undergoing a general repair. Nos. 6009/26 have been painted royal blue and lined out in grey, yellow and red. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 1713, 2730/49/81, 3561 and D.E. 15103/04. Locomotives condemned include: Nos. 3391, 2980 an 2988. SLS/194807

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1909 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
06/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4021, name: KING EDWARD
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2365
   
06/1927 Naming Renamed 'THE BRITISH MONARCH'    
11/1927 Naming Renamed 'BRITISH MONARCH'    
11/1927 Naming Renamed 'BRITISH MONARCH'    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (PDN)    
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (OXF)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxford (OXF)    
07/1948 Modification Modification: 'Elbow' pattern outside steam pipes fitted    
10/10/1952 Withdrawn Condemned as 4021 from Oxford (81F)    

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