- Type of Memorial
- Obelisk
- WMR Reference Number
- 30905
- Description
- The Memorial in Portland Stone comprises an obelisk mounted on flank 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.
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 on 11 November, 2011.
- Inscription
- On wall below Obelisk: 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
Left Buttress: 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
PLAQUE: 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