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Colonel WIlliam Yolland

Colonel WIlliam Yolland

Posted: 19 Aug 2008 9:38AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Yolland
I am interested in finding out more about the life and career of Col. William Yolland who was a Royal Engineer officer here in the UK and who became Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways under the Board of Trade in the 19th Century.

Any information will be welcomed.

Re: Colonel WIlliam Yolland

Posted: 1 Nov 2008 2:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Yolland
i have been in a play for the last week and found out this evening that the character i am playing is Mr Yolland as a liutennant, in the engineers, the play is brian frial's Translations..
if you have found anything i would be greatful aswell thank you, e-mail is Khepros@hotmail.co.uk

Re: Colonel WIlliam Yolland

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 6:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
William Yolland CB, FRS (17 March 1810 – 5 September 1885) was an English military surveyor, astronomer and engineer, and was Britain’s Chief Inspector of Railways from 1877 until his death. He was a redoubtable campaigner for railway safety, often in the face of strong opposition, at a time when railway investment was being directed towards the expansion of the networks rather than the prevention of accidents. He was a member of the three-man committee of inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Yolland
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