Erection date: 2016
In honour of Asquith Xavier who successfully fought to become the first black worker employed as a train guard at London Euston station in 1966.
Network Rail.
Unveiled in the the fiftieth anniversary year of his victory.
NW1, Euston Station
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Asquith Xavier
Asquith Camile Xavier was born in the West Indies. One of the Windrush genera...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Asquith Xavier
Government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in G...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Asquith Xavier
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