Herbert Ashcombe Walker

Herbert Ashcombe Walker

Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker (1868–29 September 1949) was general manager of the London & South Western Railway from 1st January 1912 [Klapper p.12] Southern Railway from 1923 until 1937. On his retirement, he was a Director of the Southern Railway until the end of its existence in 1947. He died on 29th September 1949 [Klapper p.20] . There is a memorial to him, including a stone cameo portrait, set in the stonework at the entrance to the Eurostar offices at Waterloo station, commemorating his involvement in the rebuilding of the station, completed in 1922 and the electrification of the Southern Railway. [Klapper C F, "Sir Herbert Walker's Southern Railway" Ian Allan Ltd. 1973 ISBN 0 7110 0478 1]

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