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Railway Ancestors
« on: Tuesday 23 October 18 14:18 BST (UK) »
Hello

I have tried for a while to find the railway record of my great grand father.  I have tried Ancestry which has quite a large amount and the National Archives though that was some time ago and I may need to go again.

My ancestor worked at Bromley North & South (Kent), Shortlands & other nearby stations just prior to The Great War and after The Great War up until the early 1950's.

I am unsure what railway company he worked but probably SR.

Can anyone advise me on the best way to go?

Many thanks

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Re: Railway Ancestors
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 23 October 18 15:23 BST (UK) »
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Re: Railway Ancestors
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 23 October 18 16:03 BST (UK) »
Thank you!

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Re: Railway Ancestors
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 23 October 18 17:31 BST (UK) »
It is most likely that before  the grouping in 1922 he was working for the South Eastern and Chatham railway, after 1922 the southern region.

Railway records of individual staff can be hard to find, and many have not yet been digitised.

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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 23 October 18 17:33 BST (UK) »
Having said that, try this link

http://www.southeasternandchathamrailway.org.uk/research.html
 A little way down the page a list of what is held in the national archives
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Re: Railway Ancestors
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 23 October 18 17:50 BST (UK) »
Rail trage union records are at Warwick University  https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/subject_guides/family_history/rail/

It is amazing how many records were thrown away when BR was separated into companies and again when it was privatised and NO ONE wanted them I salvaged many from the LMR and tried. All the leather bound books which contained the names of rail workers back decades, their requested travel tickets ( depending on grade of staff depends on annual allowance) all the rosta books, TOPs records, Pay records. Whole offices of records were dumped along with all the furniture.
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend

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Re: Railway Ancestors
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 06 November 18 14:08 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for all the information everybody!

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Re: Railway Ancestors
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 06 November 18 14:54 GMT (UK) »
Someone on here called "Red Roger" gave me some very sensible help re: railway engine drivers, some years ago.
Threlfall (Southport), Isherwood (lancs & Canada), Newbould + Topliss(Derby), Keating & Cummins (Ireland + lancs), Fisher, Strong& Casson (all Cumberland) & Downie & Bowie, Linlithgow area Scotland . Also interested in Leigh& Burrows,(Lancashire) Griffiths (Shropshire & lancs), Leaver (Lancs/Yorks) & Anderson(Cumberland and very elusive)

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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 06 November 18 15:48 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: ThrelfallYorky on Tuesday 06 November 18 14:54 GMT (UK)
Someone on here called "Red Roger" gave me some very sensible help re: railway engine drivers, some years ago.

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