Sheffield Railway Station Armistice Day service honours four brothers lost in World War One
“The four brothers killed in the Great War is the biggest loss of any Sheffield family in the Great War.”
Sheffield Railway Station held an Armistice Day service at the remembrance plaque that commemorates four brothers killed during the First World War.
The service was hosted by East Midlands Railway at 10:50am on Wednesday, November 11 and was opened with a welcome by David Burgess, On Train Depot Manager, who introduced some poem readings.
Dozens of members of the public, veterans, servicemen and representatives of EMR were in attendance.
The remembrance event involved the laying of wreaths, the playing of the Last Post, a two-minute silence and a closing statement from Mr Burgess who thanked the gathered commuters and all those who had attended.
A service has been held on the commemorative anniversary outside the plaque every year since 2023.
“It’s to commemorate the four Pridmore brothers, four Sheffield brothers who were killed in the Great War,” said Mick Drewry, a local historian and author, who is personally connected to the fate of the fallen brothers.
The four brothers are remembered as George Harry Pridmore, Albert Pridmore, John Thomas Pridmore, and Arthur Edward Pridmore.
John Thomas’s great-grandson, Mick Drewry, found out their tragic story 20 years ago, and set about campaigning to do something to recognise the family’s sacrifice.
Paying tribute to all who have died while serving the country. the ceremony also honours the Pridmore family of Netherthorpe's Hunt Street. Losing four of their 13 children between 1914 and 1918, they are believed to be the family hardest hit by World War One.
“Ironically, there were three other brothers who had enlisted during the war, so that four could have been seven,” Mr Drewry said.
“The unveiling of the plaque in 2023 was such a spectacular event that it inspired me to write a book about the Pridmore brothers, something I’d thought about before but never got around to because such sparse information was available.”
His book, Infantrymen: The Story of the Pridmore Brothers, was released in March 2026. “It was personal and the research has been really eye-opening,” he said.