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Network Rail

Categories: Transport

Government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain. It superseded Railtrack P.L.C.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Network Rail

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London Bridge station award

Princess Anne is mentioned on the plaque but we suspect she did not actually ...

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Asquith Xavier

Unveiled in the the fiftieth anniversary year of his victory.

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First Blackfriars Station

SER Blackfriars Station This is the entrance to the former Blackfriars Statio...

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King's Cross Station

King's Cross Station - Lewis Cubitt (1799 - 1883) architect. The station was ...

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King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations

{On the left side of the rusty information panel:} The war memorial at King’s...

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Lewisham train disaster

In memory of those who lost their lives. Lewisham train disaster, 4th Decembe...

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Other Subjects

British Rail Community Unit

British Rail Community Unit

Division of the former British Rail.

Group, Transport

1 memorial
Barbara Harmer

Barbara Harmer

The first qualified female supersonic pilot and the first to fly Concorde. Born at the house with the plaque, she was raised in Bognor Regis and left school aged 15 to become a hairdresser but the...

Person, Gender Issues, Transport

1 memorial
FirstGroup

FirstGroup

Started as a bus company in Aberdeen where it is still based. Operates transport services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Group, Transport

1 memorial
Ernest George Neighbour

Ernest George Neighbour

The photo shows Ernie with his wife Lily on their wedding day before he went to war. He was captured in Singapore in 1942. From the Picture source: "Mr Neighbour grew up in the Caledonian Road area...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport

War served, WW2
1 memorial
Potters Bar rail crash

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...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

2 memorials

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Ananda Coomaraswamy

Ananda Coomaraswamy

A Tamil philosopher and art historian. Born in Ceylon of a Tamil father and an English mother, brought up in England. Studied at University College, London.

Person, Art, History, Indian Sub-continent, Sri Lanka

1 memorial
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

Prime Minister 1827-1828. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1812-1827. Died at home, 16 Arlington Street.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Andrew Young was born on 28 June 1848, a son of James Young (1808-1887) and Isabel Young née Ford (1813-1883). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1848 in the Westminster registration di...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
Penny Post

Penny Post

First established in London in 1680 by William Dockwra and his business partner, Robert Murray, operating only within the City of London, the City of Westminter and Southwark. From 1765 similar ser...

Event, Commerce

6 memorials