An information board has been unveiled at the site of Sir Edward Grey’s private station at Fallodon, Northumberland, on the East Coast Main Line.

Grey was a Liberal politician, and was the Foreign Secretary who took Britain into the First World War in 1914 before being replaced in 1916.

Speaking at the small ceremony last Tuesday (25 April), Neil Mackay, who chairs the North Eastern Railway Association, said “Sir Edward Grey was not only a famous Foreign Secretary but also a railway director.

The staff at Fallodon, his private railway station in Northumberland, planted a copper beech tree in his memory when he died in 1933.”

“The station closed long ago, but although the tree is still there, its purpose had faded into obscurity. With the help of Network Rail the site has been tidied, strong supports have been put up for our new information board, and there’s now a bench for visitors to sit and enjoy the countryside.”

“The local Network Rail staff have done a great job and apart from honouring Viscount Grey they have ensured that the efforts of their predecessors in the 1930s were not in vain.”

Read more information at the North Eastern Railway Association website.