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Crest: A dragon’s foot Gules armed Or grasping an oak tree eradicated Proper acorned Or. | Crest: A dragon’s foot Gules armed Or grasping an oak tree eradicated Proper acorned Or. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The parallel lines at the top of the shield represent railway tracks and are an acknowledgement of the armiger’s 25-year career in the railway industry, as well as many British and Irish ancestors who worked on the railways, one of whom tragically lost his life in an accident at Westland Row Station in Dublin in 1926. | The parallel lines at the top of the shield represent railway tracks and are an acknowledgement of the armiger’s 25-year career in the railway industry, as well as many British and Irish ancestors who worked on the railways, one of whom tragically lost his life in an accident at Westland Row Station in Dublin in 1926. | ||