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Adam Brown
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:20 pm    Post subject: Railway War Memorials Reply with quote

We now have the five pre-1923 Scottish railway companies’ war memorials on the forum.

The Caledonian Railway, Glasgow
The Glasgow & South Western Railway, Ayr
The Great North of Scotland Railway, Aberdeen
The Highland Railway, Inverness
The North British Railway, Edinburgh

We also have the memorial in Perth to the joint staff of the station

The Kipp’s Depot, North British Railway memorial at Coatbridge. These names should also be on the Edinburgh memorial.

We also have a former railway employee’s memorial at Dingwall Railway Station. To Sgt Meikle V.C.

Finally we have the three memorials relating to the Gretna rail crash:
Larbert Station
Rosebank Cemetery, Edinburgh
Quintinshill

Do we know of any other Railway related war memorials on the forum or still to photograph?

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The GNSR and NBR joined the LNER in 1923 and all the Second World War casualties are commemorated at King's Cross Station in London. You can see images of the memorial here:

http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/british_cemeteries_memorials/lner_wm_kingsx.htm

The other three companies joined the LMS. I don't know where their WW2 memorial is.

Given that all the Scottish railway workers for the Second World war will be listed on these two memorials we should probably have them on the forum in the Outside Scotland section.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Railway War Memorials Reply with quote

Adam Brown wrote:

Do we know of any other Railway related war memorials on the forum or still to photograph?

Adam


I knew my passion for hoarding trivia would come in handy. Smile

This is a poor scan from 'Back Track' magazine from Dec 1996 (now out of print), and I don't have the full article. The article gave a short blurb on memorials and conveniently included this list. It's no better on my copy unfortunately.





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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last year I had someone check the Kings X memorial for the name a local WW2 man. Regrettably the outcome was that the WW2 men are not named on it, only the mention of 1939-1945 as seen to the right of the memorial.
After the efforts they made to commemorate the WW1 casualties you would have thought LNER could have done better for the WW2 men.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From Paul's post it looks like the LMS memorial is at Euston Station and the LNER have another memorial at York. Looking through Google I've found references to the York memorial having names on it.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam

The GNSR Coy became part of LNER. The following text is included on the GNSR Coy memorial at Aberdeen Station

"Local employees who gave their lives in the Second World
War (1939-45) are commemorated on the Memorial at Kings
Cross Station, London."
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