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Those commemorated

The two war memorials commemorate 24 railway colleagues connected with Euston and the wider railway, comprising 19 people from the First World War and five from the Second World War. Their railway roles included clerks, apprentices and ticket printers, while their wartime service took them to Europe, the Middle East and beyond.  

The following details have been drawn from historical and genealogical research undertaken by Tracey Fisher MBE. While the information has been carefully researched and cross-checked where possible, some historical records remain incomplete.

First World War

• Clement Stanley Clarke – Rifleman, 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. A railway clerk who later worked in the Coaching Department. Died 21 March 1918, aged 37.
• Leonard Clements – Private, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. A junior clerk who transferred to Euston in 1906. Killed in action on 9 April 1917, aged 30.
• William John Dobson – Rifleman, 21st Battalion, London Regiment. A railway clerk. Killed in action on 23 May 1916, aged 21.
• Frederick William Frost – Private, 3rd Battalion, London Regiment. A railway apprentice who enlisted shortly after joining the railway. Died at Gallipoli on 28 November 1915, aged 20.
• Llewellyn Charlie O. G. Gillett – Private, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Joined the railway in 1897 and later worked in the Secretarial Department. Died 21 November 1917, aged 35.
• Leslie Frederick Lawrence Ginelack – Private, 7th Battalion, London Regiment. A railway apprentice who died of wounds in France on 18 September 1916, aged 20.
• William Arthur Herron – Rifleman, London Regiment, Queen Victoria’s Rifles. A railway ticket printer. Died 9 October 1916, aged 28.
• Henry William Humphreys – Private, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Joined the railway in 1906. Died 16 September 1916, aged 25.
• William Edward Liddall – Sapper, Royal Engineers, Inland Water Transport. Joined the railway in 1906 and later worked in the Secretarial Department. Died 30 November 1915, aged 24.
• E. J. Parker, believed to be Ernest John Parker – a railway apprentice clerk who joined the LNWR in 1910 and enlisted in 1914. His identification remains provisional.
• Henry Thomas Parker – Private, 3rd Battalion, London Regiment. An apprentice railway clerk who died at Gallipoli on 28 November 1915, aged 21, on the same day as fellow railwayman Frederick William Frost.
• W. J. Parsons, believed to be William James Parsons – joined the LNWR in 1890 and became an Audit Inspector at Euston. His military identity and precise death details remain subject to further research.
• Henry John Pugh – Private, Machine Gun Corps. Joined the railway in 1907 and was Mentioned in Despatches during his military service. Died 28 September 1918, aged 26.
• Charles Valentine Scott – Private, 1st/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died at Gallipoli on 9 October 1915, aged 25.
• Edward Fred Slade – Rifleman, London Regiment, Queen Victoria’s Rifles. An Audit Department clerk at Euston. Died on active service on 12 August 1915, aged 22.
• Isaac Sproat – Lance Corporal, Royal Engineers. A former railway apprentice who later worked in the Secretarial Division. Died on 16 November 1918, five days after the Armistice, aged 31.  
• Reginald George Stevens – Private, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Joined the railway as an apprentice in 1911. Killed in action on 10 September 1917, aged 21.  
• William Robert Williamson – Able Seaman, Royal Naval Division. A railway apprentice who later worked in the Audit Department. Died at Gallipoli on 25 May 1915, aged 19.
• Charles Nottingham Wilson – Private, 23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Joined the railway as a junior clerk in 1901. Died 29 March 1918, aged 31, and is buried in Damascus.

Second World War

• Bernard Joseph Aldhous – Flight Lieutenant, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. A railway clerk before the war, he was killed on operations on 9 March 1945, aged 30.  
• Deryck Grenville Rodwell – Flight Sergeant and Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 50 Squadron, RAFVR. A railway clerk before the war. Died during an operation on 8 February 1945, aged 23.  
• Jack Haley Cochran – Leading Aircraftman, RAFVR. Recorded as a railway clerk before the war, he served with 416 Repair & Salvage Unit. Died 21 October 1944, aged 36.  
• Richard Jonathan “Dick” Woodgate – Driver, 133 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Service Corps. A railway clerk before the war, he was captured near Dunkirk and taken to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland, where he died from tuberculosis on 22 May 1941, aged 22.
• Dorothy Lilian Crampton – Leading Aircraftwoman, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. Recorded as a railway clerk before the war, she died on 17 May 1944, aged 26. She is the only woman named on the two memorials.

Research: The histories were researched and compiled by Tracey Fisher MBE. Most entries have been cross-checked against multiple genealogical and historical sources. The identities of E. J. Parker and W. J. Parsons remain provisional and require further checking against LNWR records held at The National Archives.