The memorial is to be found on Station Rise, York. The Memorial built from Portland Stone and the structure comprises an obelisk mounted between walls screening three sides of a podium bearing an altar-shaped Stone of Remembrance. The screen walls bear the names of 2236 men of the North Eastern Railway who lost their lives in the First World War. To the rear of the Stone of Remembrance are 15 slate panels bearing the names of 551 London and North Eastern Railway men from the former North Eastern Railway area who lost their lives in the Second World War. The original memorial was unveiled by Fierld Marshal Herbert Plumer 14 June 1924 and dedicated by Archbishop of York. The whole was rededicated in 1984. To the right of the masonry memorial, affixed to the abutment to the City Walls, are bronze plaques. These plaques list the names from the First World War and were erected in 2011 due the erosion of the names on the masonry memorial. They were unveiled and dedicated 11 November, 2011.

There is a searchable database listing all known railwaymen from all companies who died in World War 1 -se link below for NER Railway Workers

A listing of the names for World War 1 is unavailable currently and for World War 2 the names are listed in alphabetical sections, select below.

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MCM XIV

IN ABIDING REMEMBRANCE OF THE 2236 MEN OF THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR, THE COMPANY PLACES THIS MONUMENT

MCM XIX

THE NAMES OF THE
FALLEN IN THE WAR
1914 - 1918
AND 1939 - 1945
ARE RECORDED IN
A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
ENSHRINED IN
THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

THIS MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED IN 1921 BY THE RENOWNED
ENGLISH ARCHITECT SIR EDWIN LUTYENS AND BUILT IN 1924, IT
COMMEMORATES 2236 EMPLOYEES ON THE NORTH EASTERN
RAILWAY WHO WERE KILLED IN THE 1914
1918 WAR. THE ADDITIONAL MEMORIAL WHICH COMMEMORATES THE 51
FALLEN IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAS WAS UNVEILED IN 1984
FOLLOWING AN APPEAL LAUNCHED ON THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ORIGINAL UNVEILING
THE NAME OF ALL THE FALLEN ARE RECORDED IN A BOOK OF
REMEMBRANCE WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED DURING NORMAL
HOURS AT THE MAIN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS
ADJACENT TO THIS MEMORIAL

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Name selection below

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Not available currently, use Fallen Railwaymen Database or

1939-1945

Official documents state 551 names but there are only 549 names documented here.

Last updated 12 December, 2022