John Axon
(1900-1957)
British train driver, posthumous recipient of the George Cross
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John Axon GC (4 December 1900 – 9 February 1957) was an English train driver from Stockport (Edgeley Depot) who died while trying to stop a runaway freight train on a 1 in 58 gradient at Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire after a brake failure. The train consisted of an ex-LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48188 hauling 33 wagons and a brake van.
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4 December 1900 Stockport, Cheshire, England
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| Died |
9 February 1957 (aged 56) Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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