George Augustus Nokes

[1] As a child he was invited to have a ride in the cab of a 2-4-0 locomotive of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway at Margate.

He was educated as a boarder at Hayes College, and upon leaving there, joined the family firm of land agents and auctioneers; their offices were close to King's Cross station in London,[2] and then at 20 Ironmonger Lane, in the City.

Accordingly, he decided that for the relaunch as The Railway Magazine, an editor was required who was also a railwayac, and he chose Nokes.

Nokes continued to work for the family business, and wished his two jobs to be unconnected; so he adopted the pen-name "G.A.

In that month, he had a disagreement with Parker and the magazine's proprietor, Sir Joseph Lawrence, over his editorial style, and resigned.