Important People
Staff Records
The staff records for the LB&SCR are kept at The National Archives (TNA) at Kew. They provide an Online Catalogue as a guide to the records available. However, many have been digitized by Ancestry and are not now available at TNA itself.
Listed below are the references for many of the existing staff records.
| Reference | Description | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAIL 414/569 | Returns of staff in all departments | 1868 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/572 | Salaries payable to the staff of Locomotive and Carriage Department | 1870-1876 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/573 | Salaries payable to the staff of Locomotive and Carriage Department | 1877-1888 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/600 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1872-1875 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/601 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1875-1876 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/602 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1870-1874 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/603 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1874-1878 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/604 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1878-1880 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/605 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1880-1889 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/606 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1889-1896 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/607 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1897-1901 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/608 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1902-1913 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/609 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1914-1920 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/610 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1920-1927 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/611 | Changes of staff, with rates of pay, of Locomotive and Carriage Dept | 1927-1934 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/625 | Staff, with rates of pay, in the Carriage Department | 1914-1924 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/626 | Staff, with rates of pay, in the Carriage Department | 1924-1940 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/627 | Staff, with rates of pay, in the Locomotive Running Dept (refers to Southern Railway, Central Section) | 1934-1940 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/628 | Staff, with rates of pay, in the Locomotive Running Dept (refers to Southern Railway, Central Section) | 1941-1943 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/630 | Engine cleaners passed as firemen, and firemen passed as drivers | 1901-1910 | |
| RAIL 414/631 | Engine cleaners passed as firemen, and firemen passed as drivers | 1910-1921 | |
| RAIL 414/632 | Engine cleaners passed as firemen, and firemen passed as drivers | 1919-1921 | |
| RAIL 414/636 | Staff absent from duty (Locomotive Dept) | 1889-1924 | |
| RAIL 414/750 | Workmen's compensation scheme - annual returns | 1899-1904 | |
| RAIL 414/751 | List of Appentices, with date entered service, rate of pay etc | 1866-1876 | |
| RAIL 414/752 | Staff in Locomotive Superintendent's Department (contains brief histories of staff employed mainly at Brighton) | 1882-1908 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/753 | Applications for employment (Locomotive & Carriage Department, Brighton works) | 1873-1874 | |
| RAIL 414/754 | Applications for employment (Locomotive & Carriage Department, Brighton works) | 1882 | |
| RAIL 414/755 | Applications for employment (Locomotive & Carriage Dept, Brighton works) | 1875 | |
| RAIL 414/756 | Names of staff claiming benefit under workmen's compensation scheme Brighton works | 1892-1898 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/757 | Names of staff claiming benefit under workmen's compensation scheme Brighton works | 1899-1902 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/758 | Copy memoranda of meetings held between the locomotive engineer and delegates appointed by the staff | 1909-1922 | |
| RAIL 414/759 | Names, offences, punishments etc, of various members of operating staff (black book) | 1862-1863 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/760 | Register of Appointments | 1858-1883 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/761 | Register of Appointments | 1883-1904 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/762 | Register of Appointments | 1905-1913 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/763 | Register of staff in all departments (with salary or wages) | 31 Dec 1871 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/764 | Register of staff in all departments (with salary or wages) | 31 Dec 1877 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/765 | Register of staff in all departments (with salary or wages) | 31 Dec 1881 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/766 | Register of staff in all departments (with salary or wages) | 31 Dec 1891 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/767 | Traffic staff histories based on questionnaire and relating to staff appointed 1836-1854 | 1856 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/768 | Register of salaried staff appointed 1836-1879 | 1864-1879 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/769 | Register of salaried staff appointed 1839-1902 | 1880-1902 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/770 | Traffic staff: register of appointments Indexed | 1837-1861 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/771 | Traffic staff: register of appointments Indexed | 1837-1864 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/772 | Traffic staff: register of appointments Indexed | 1838-1869 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/773 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1838-1874 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/774 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1838-1879 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/775 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1838-1884 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/776 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1884-1889 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/777 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1846-1894 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/778 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1846-1898 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/779 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1847-1901 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/780 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1851-1904 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/781 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1856-1907 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/782 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1856-1912 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/783 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1864-1917 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/784 | Traffic staff: register of appointments | 1866-1921 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/785 | Portsmouth joint staff | 1852-1905 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/786 | Willow Walk & Newhaven harbourstaff | 1902-1905 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/787 | Willow Walk & Newhaven harbour and Portsmouth joint staff | 1906-1910 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/788 | Willow Walk & Newhaven harbour and Portsmouth joint staff | 1911-1922 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/789 | Register of Portsmouth joint staff appointed 1855-1920 | 1855-1923 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/790 | Register of clerical staff appointed 1873-1923 | 1873-1925 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/791 | Register of staff of all departments on active service during 1914-1918 war | 1914-1920 | Digitized by Ancestry |
| RAIL 414/863 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 1 | 1854-1878 | |
| RAIL 414/864 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 2 | 1868-1892 | |
| RAIL 414/865 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 3 | 1876-1892 | |
| RAIL 414/866 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 4 | 1891-1909 | |
| RAIL 414/867 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 5 | 1893-1898 | |
| RAIL 414/868 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 6 | 1897-1902 | |
| RAIL 414/869 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 7 | 1907-1913 | |
| RAIL 414/870 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 8 | 1912-1919 | |
| RAIL 414/871 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 9 | 1913-1919 | |
| RAIL 414/872 | Staff histories and registers Locomotive Department Vol 10 | 1918-1936 | |
| RAIL 414/873 | Workmen's compensation cases | 1911 |