The North Eastern Railways War Memorial was designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and unveiled in 1924 to commemorate the employees of the North Eastern Railways who were killed in the First World War.

Note a smaller memorial to British Railway staff members and British Transport officer killed in the York blitz in 1942.

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June 5, 2025

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Full details at iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30905 : "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 …

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