signalman
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Tarr followed with “The Man From London,” which he and Krasznahorkai adapted from a novel by Georges Simenon, about a seaside railway signalman who confronts a moral quandary involving a murder mystery.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
The work, a field in pastel colours, was sold by Hockney to a railway signalman near Felixstowe in 1957, and kept by his family.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2023
Meanwhile, the driver of the second train, who had noticed the red flag, was, unknown to the signalman, backing his train out again.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
