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I've lost my Grandad . Railways
« on: Sunday 29 March 15 12:40 BST (UK) »
Hi Everyone, My Grandfather Frederick Hardy was Assistant Superintendent of passenger traffic from York to Berwick with the  LNER untill his retirement in 1947. I can't find him in the Employment records for LNER on Ancestory . Any ideas what to do next ?


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Re: I've lost my Grandad . Railways
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 29 March 15 13:06 BST (UK) »
Was he born in 1888?

There is a 1939 Staff Record, LNER:
Frederick Hardy, born 15th June 1888, Commencement Date 21st July 1903.
Goods Yard, New England Station.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: I've lost my Grandad . Railways
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 29 March 15 13:28 BST (UK) »
Was he born in 1888?

There is a 1939 Staff Record, LNER:
Frederick Hardy, born 15th June 1888, Commencement Date 21st July 1903.
Goods Yard, New England Station.

Hi , Thanks for reply. He was born in 1882 and started as a clerk at Scarborough station for the NER . I know he was there in 1900. After that a gap . He lived in York, then Sunderland and then Newcastle where the local paper recorded his retirement with a photograph. There are family stories of his meeting the king and Queen at Newcastle for the opening of the Tyne Bridge. He retired to his birth place Thornton Dale N Yorks.

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Re: I've lost my Grandad . Railways
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 29 March 15 13:48 BST (UK) »
It is possible that by 1922 when the LNER was formed he had been promoted so that he was a railway officer, the railways being a bit title conscious, and officer records  may not  be included with the more lowly staff.

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Re: I've lost my Grandad . Railways
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 12 July 16 22:05 BST (UK) »
hi there you might have this but if not bonus
Fredrick hardy 28 October 1882 railway official (assistant superintendant)
Hannah hardy 18 sept 1880
frank hardy 16 October 1913 school master
23 moorfield Newcastle upon tyne