The North Eastern Railway Memorial - Station Rise, York, UK
N 53° 57.519 W 001° 05.387
30U E 625330 N 5980610
This obelisk, that is 30 feet tall, is the central feature of a war memorial to the 2236 men of the North Eastern Railway that were killed during the Great War.
Waymark Code: WMGKBP
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/16/2013
Views: 4
The inscription, at the base of the
obelisk, reads:
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.
To the left is inscribed MCMXIV
and to the right MCMXIX.
On the left end of the monument is
inscribed:
The names of
the
fallen in the wars
1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945
are recorded
in
Books of Remembrance
enshrined in
The National
Railway
Museum
The names of the fallen are inscribed on
the stone walls of the monument. To the right of the monument is a bronze plaque
that reads:
North Eastern
Railway
Their Names Liveth for Evermore
The Names of the North Eastern
Railwaymen who laid down their lives for King and Country during the Great War
are recorded on the nearby Sir Edwin Lutyens Grade II listed memorial. Time
has taken its toll on the masonry and some of the Names cannot now be read.
Unfortunately it is not possible to re-carve the Names with any degree of
permanence. It is therefore with great respect that we record the Names on
these plaques so that future generations will not forget their
sacrifice.
We are grateful to
the Railway Ex-Servicemen's Association for their support in designing and
producing these plaques which were approved formally by English Heritage
anNYork ity ouncil.
BRB (Residuary) Ltd.
Noveber 2011
This memorial is indexed in the UKNIWN
[visit
link] under entry 30905.
The memorial is Grade II* listed with
the entry at the English Heritage website [visit
link] telling us:
"War memorial. 1922-24. By Sir Edwin
Lutyens. Portland stone. Obelisk mounted on slightly canted walls screening
three sides of shallow stepped trapezoidal podium bearing alter-shaped Stone of
Remembrance. Screen walls terminate in urn finials, laurel swags and wreaths.
Pedestal to obelisk carved in relief with laurel wreath enclosing the armorial
shields of the North Eastern Railway Company. Screen wall has central dedication
panel draped in carved laurel garlands flanked by panels bearing the incised
names of 2236 men of the North Eastern Railway Company who lost their lives in
the 1914-18 War. Behind the Stone of Remembrance 15 slate panels engraved with
the names of those lost in the 1939-45 War are set in the raised
pavement."