Wilbert Awdry

Wilbert Awdry short for Wilbert Vere Awdry better known as the Reverend W. Awdry was the father of Christopher Awdry & was born on June 15, 1911 in Ampfield Hamshire England. In 1938 he married Margaret Wale Awdry until  she died on March 21, 1989. he was the British English writer of The Railway Series Books until he retired in the early 1970s. On March 21, 1997 Wilbert Awdry died at the age of 85 in Rodborough Stroud Gloucestershire.