Place	Bere Ferres, Devonshire, England
Date	Monday 24th September 1917, 3.52 p.m.
Railway Company	London and South Western Railway
No. of Fatalities	10
Cause of Accident	Struck by train
Description	Soldiers from two troopships of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force were being transported by train to Salisbury. The train made an unscheduled stop at Bere Ferres station and a number of the soldiers left the train on the side of the other track (mistakenly assuming that they would leave the train from the same side that they had boarded the train). The London Waterloo to Plymouth express train approached and the driver seeing the stationary train, sounded the whistle as a warning, but he did not see the men on the track owing to the curvature of the line. Nine of the victims died instantly and one died later his of injuries.

List of Fatalities

The 10 fatalities are listed in the table below together with brief notes of any other information found so far.

The last column shows the General Register Office (England and Wales), Statutory Register (Scotland), General Register Northern Ireland or Civil Registration for Ireland reference where this has been identified.

Surname	First Names	Age	Occupation	Residence	Notes	GRO/SR/GRONI/GROIE Reference
GALLANDERS	William Simon	36	Soldier (NZEF), previously sheep farmer.	1 Rugby Street, Christchurch, NZ	Husband of Mary Ann nee REED	1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 409
GREAVES	William Frederick	31	Soldier (NZEF), previously farm hand.	Maharahara, Woodville, NZ		1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 409
JACKSON	John Stanley	20	Soldier (NZEF), previously coppersmith.	32 Law Street, South Dunedin, NZ		1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 409
JUDGE	Joseph	40	Soldier (NZEF), previously labourer	Wanganui, NZ	Brother of Arthur JUDGE	1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 410
KIRTON	Chudleigh Inwoods	21	Soldier (NZEF)	Parnell Street, Fitzroy, NZ	Parents address	1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 409
MCBRYDE	Baron Archibald Wilson	24	Soldier (NZEF), previously farm labourer.	152, Nain South Road, Caversham. Dunedin, NZ	Parents address.	1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 409
MCKENNA	Richard Vincent	20	Soldier (NZEF)	,		1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 410
TRUSSELL	William John	28	Soldier (NZEF), previously cabinet maker.	Kawa Kawa Street, Wanganui, NZ	Died of injuries next day in Tavistock Hospital	1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 419
WARDEN	John E.	34	Soldier (NZEF), previously farmer.	Artione, Randalstown, ANT	Parents address	1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 410
WEST	Sidney Ennis	21	Soldier (NZEF), previously farm hand.	Taranaki, NZ	Brother to H. W WEST and W.H. WEST	1917/Dec Tavistock 5b 410