Within months of the start of WWI, most large railway companies started to lose staff who were anxious to 'do their bit', NER was the only railway company to raise itsvery own battalion, however.
Overseas, men of the NER that joined the forces served with honour, but many were not to come home.
Records in this collection may include the following:
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Original Source: Transcribed from the original documents reference Zlib 29/464 held at the national archives in Kew.
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Original Source: National Archives reference ZLIB