North Eastern Railway in the First World War

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This book tells the story of the men and machines of the North Eastern Railway during the Great War. 18,339 members of staff, 34 per cent of the workforce, were released for military service-2,236 of those men died, and 300 received military decorations. There was even a North Eastern Railway Pals Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers.