The building in which some of these people worked is nearby. 1934 Euston House was built on what is now Eversholt Street as the headquarters of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Designed by Albert Victor Heal and William Henry Hamlyn. Art Deco in design it has some interesting abstract sculpture near the top on the Station side.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
men and women of the London Midland and Scottish Railway
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Euston War Memorial
{On the front face:} In memory of our glorious dead. {On a stone panel on t...
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Potters Bar rail crash
A West Anglian Great Northern train left King's Cross at 12.45 bound for King's Lynn. At 12.55 it crossed over a set of points on which the blades moved suddenly without warning. The rear of the tr...
2 memorials
Metropolitan Railway Company
This was the world's first underground passenger railway which opened from Paddington to Farringdon via Baker Street Station on 10th January 1863. IanVisits has reproduced an Illustrated London Ne...
7 memorials
Lord Nuffield, William Morris
Motor manufacturer and philanthropist. Born Worcester. Began work in a bicycle shop and designed the first Morris car in 1912. Founder of the Morris Motor Company and founder of the Nuffield Fou...
1 memorial
Ladbroke Grove rail disaster / Paddington rail crash
Also referred to as the Paddington rail crash. At 8.06am, a Thames train bound for Bedwyn in Wiltshire left Paddington station. Two minutes later, as it sped along at 41mph, it went through a signa...
2 memorials
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John R. W. Luck
Churchwarden of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook in 1884. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: John Richard Whitmore Luck was born on 21 December 1842 in Camberwell, the eldest of the ...
1 memorial
Jules Pipe
Mayor of Hackney 2002 - 16. In Hackney the Mayor is directly elected and is responsible for the executive function of the Council. unlike in many other Councils where it is a mainly ceremonial rol...
1 memorial
Norwood Grove bird bath - rim
SW16, Norwood Grove, garden
The initial 'In' has been lost but we think it must have been there.
1 subject commemorated
Brunel's Engine House
SE16, Railway Avenue, Brunel Engine Museum
Brunel's engine house The tunnel shaft and pumping house for Marc Brunel's tunnel was constructed between 1825 and 1843. This was the fir...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
John Lyall
Footballer and football manager. Born John Angus Lyall in Ilford, Essex. He joined West Ham United as a groundstaff boy in 1955, played for the youth team and was promoted to the main squad in 1959...
1 memorial