Environment : The History of Paddington Station : War Memorial

The War Memorial commemorates the 2,254 Great Western Railway (GWR) employees who lost their lives in the Great War and the 794 in the Second World War. Viscount Churchill, Chairman of the GWR Board, conducted the first ceremony on Armistice Day 1922.

A Remembrance Day ceremony is held at the memorial on 11th November at 11 am.


The War Memorial