I was going to say the Canadian Pacific Railway as well. The CPR also had its own shipping line I believe. David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia Hi Susan This is just a guess, but I am in Ontario Canada, and we knew CPR to mean Canadian Pacific Railway (or Railroad) not sure which is which.... hope this helps. Susan Owen Sound ON > > I just received an obit for my Great Uncle James MURPHY who died in WWI while serving in the Navy. It mentions that prior to joining the Navy he was employed by the C.P.R. as a rigger. Can anyone tell me what C.P.R. stands for? > > Thanks.

Hi all The CPR company was located in Liverpool and was a large company with many staff, including my mother in the 1916-1923 period. At first, they were located at Royal Insurance Buildings, North John St. HTH Terry Heath Cheltenham UK

Many thanks to everyone who responded.  I'll check into that company.   Susan --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Terry Heath <th005c0859@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: From: Terry Heath <th005c0859@blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] WWI Obit To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 5:48 AM Hi all The CPR company was located in Liverpool and was a large company with many staff, including my mother in the 1916-1923 period. At first, they were located at Royal Insurance Buildings, North John St. HTH Terry Heath Cheltenham UK ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message