Nigel Gresley and Ethel Fullagar blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Nigel Gresley (1876-1941) Locomotive engineer and designer of the Flying Scotsman and Mallard. While working for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Blackpool, he married Ethel Fullagar of St Anne's at the parish church 1901. Recorded plaque organisation: Lytham St Annes Civic Society.

Sir Nigel Gresley was a prominent locomotive engineer and designer, known for creating iconic steam engines like the Flying Scotsman and Mallard, symbolizing British engineering excellence in the early 20th century. Ethel Fullagar was his wife; their marriage took place in Blackpool while Gresley worked for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.