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The upper surface of the base is inscribed;  “A gift to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company by the Directors to mark the occasion of the centenary of Euston, 1938.  Lord Stamp, GCB, GBE, FBA., Edward B. Fielden, Sir Alan Anderson GBE., S.R. Beale, Charles Booth, Sir Robert Burrows, Sir Ralph Glynn, Bt, MC., Sir Guy Granet GBE., Sir Robert Greig MC., W.L. Hitchens, Sir Francis Joseph KBE, Charles Kerr, General Sir Herbert Lawrence GCB, Earl Peel, A.E. Pullar, Sir Thomas Royden Bt. CH., Viscount Runciman PC., G.R.T. 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