1914-18 Aberdeen Joint Railway Station Memorial

Those that use Abedreen Railway station daily or occasionally and walk pass this and do not notice its there.

The memorial at Aberdeen station is to the men of the GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY COMPANY whose crest is at the top of the memorial. They were later taken over by the LNER in 1923 when the Great North became the Northern Scottish Area of the LNER.

There is a plaque to the right, which states “The tablet on the left is in memory of these employees of the Great North of Scotland Railway who lost their lives in the Great War 1914-18."

The memorial was unveiled on the 15th February 1921 by the
Very Reverend Sir George Adam Smith, Principal of
Aberdeen University in the Headquarters of the railway at 80
Guild Street.

The tablet was rededicated on its present site on 8th
November 1981.

Local employees who gave their lives in the Second World
War (1939-45) are commemorated on the Memorial at Kings
Cross-Station, London.