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British train driver, posthumous recipient of the George Cross (1900-1957)
John Axon (* 4. December 1900 in Stockport; † 9. February 1957 in Chapel-en-le-Frith) was a british train driver, posthumous recipient of the George Cross. He was 56 years old. His awards include George Cross and Order of Industrial Heroism. His cause of death was train wreck.