FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood was the Chief Officer of the London & North Eastern Railway for 16 years from its inauguration in 1923. The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ...
An A4 Class locomotive, 4469 Sir Ralph Wedgwood, was named after him but it was destroyed by bombing during World War 2. His name was later given to A4 Class 4466. Union of South Africa Mallard at York Sir Nigel Gresley introduced the famous LNER Class A4 locomotives in 1935 to pull a new train called the Silver Jubilee, between London Kings Cross and Newcastle, in celebration of King George Vs 25th year of reign. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...
SirRalph Lewis Wedgwood 1st Baronet (2 March 1874 - 5 September 1956) was the Chief Officer of the London and North Eastern Railway for 16 years from its inauguration in 1923.
Wedgwood was the son of Clement Wedgwood and his wife Emily, daughter of the engineer James Meadows Rendel.
An A4 Class locomotive, 4469 SirRalphWedgwood, was named after him but it was destroyed by bombing during World War 2.
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