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===Naming the locomotives=== {{For|class details|List of King Arthur class locomotives}} When the former Drummond G14 and P14 4-6-0s were rebuilt to Maunsell's N15 specification in February 1925, the Southern Railway decided to give names to all express passenger locomotives. Because of the railway's association with the West of England, the Public Relations Officer, [[John Elliot (railway manager)|John Elliot]] suggested that members of the N15 class should be named after characters and places associated with the legend of [[King Arthur]].<ref name=Herring /> When Maunsell was told of the decision to name the locomotives, he replied: "Tell [[Herbert Ashcombe Walker|Sir Herbert [Walker]]] I have no objection, but I warn you, it won't make any difference to the working of the engines".<ref name="Nock-241" /> Walker was the General Manager of the Southern Railway, who had told Elliot that Maunsell's permission was required. The first G14 to be rebuilt, No. E453, was given the first name and christened ''King Arthur''. The Urie locomotives (hitherto referred as N15s rather than King Arthurs) were also given names connected with [[Arthurian legend]] and were referred to as "Urie Arthurs"; the Maunsell batches of N15s were nicknamed the "Eastleigh" and "Scotch Arthurs".<ref name="Nock-241">Nock (British Locomotives vol. 1: 1983), p. 241</ref>
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