Another landed on the railway signal box, killing the signalman. Painting was born in Leamington Spa, the son of a railway signalman. A special insignia also existed for signalman who were posted to a naval headquarters. Each spectral appearance precedes a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works. Williams enlisted in the Australian Army on 5 March 1942, serving as a signalman. The navy signalman on top of the Terminal Hotel, Capt. Off-duty signalman Ed Ifkin was relaxing on the signal bridge. The neutral position was the signalman holding the flag vertically and motionless above his head. The issue arose of whether the signalman was overworked. Communications and Information Services privates are known as signalman or signalwoman. These could be operated by a signalman adjacent to the crossing or were automatic. The next day, as directed by the signalman, the narrator returns and does not call. The person who holds the flags is known as the signalman. He also performs adaptations of short stories such as The Signalman and Doctor Marigold. He starred in the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens's short story "The Signalman" (1976).