It was the workforce which made the LMS the force it was between the years 1923 and 1948, and the figures at 31st December 1935 were as follows:
It was the workforce which made the LMS the force it was between the years 1923 and 1948, and the figures at 31st December 1935 were as follows:
| Male | Adults | 199 416 | |
| Juniors, apprentices, etc. | 13 007 | 212 423 | |
| Female | Adults | 8 904 | |
| Juniors | 893 | 9 797 | |
| Total | 222 220 |
| Officers, clerical & technical staff | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Officers & male clerical staff | 25 018 | ||
| Women clerical staff | 4 507 | ||
| Station masters, goods agents, etc. | 2 000 | ||
| Technical staff | 1 156 | ||
| Traffic control staff | 878 | 33 559 | |
| Supervisory staff-all departments (other than shop & artizan, & police) | 4 039 | ||
| Conciliation staff | |||
| Locomotive department | |||
| Engine drivers | 12 672 | ||
| Engine firemen | 12 063 | ||
| Engine cleaners | 3 365 | ||
| Shed staff & other grades | 5 561 | 33 661 | |
| Traffic department | |||
| Foremen (other than supervisory) | 1 690 | ||
| Guards - goods | 5 875 | ||
| Guards - passenger | 2 044 | ||
| Porters - all grades | 9 441 | ||
| Shunters | 6 163 | ||
| Signalmen | 10 120 | ||
| Ticket collectors | 1 020 | ||
| Parcels vanmen & boys | 1 789 | ||
| Other grades | 2 201 | 40 343 | |
| Goods department | |||
| Foremen - working | 391 | ||
| Checkers, loaders, porters etc. | 11 028 | ||
| Capstanmen | 758 | ||
| Carters & vanguards | 6 454 | ||
| Motor drivers & attendants | 6 163 | ||
| Other grades | 3 518 | 24 504 | |
| Carriage & wagon department | |||
| Carriage cleaners & washers | |||
| Male | 2 675 | ||
| Female | 72 | 2 747 | |
| Carriage & wagon examiners, oilers etc. | 2 088 | ||
| Other grades | 386 | 5 221 | |
| Civil engineer's department | |||
| Permanent way men | 19 673 | ||
| Signal & telegraph staff | 2 668 | 22 241 | |
| Total Conciliation Staff | 126 070 | ||
| Police staff including supervisory | 732 | ||
| Shop & artizan staff (other then clerical & technical & marine department) | |||
| Supervisory - all departments | 869 | ||
| Male Staff | |||
| Locomotive, carriage & wagon departments | 29 995 | ||
| Civil engineer's department | |||
| Permanent way | 7516 | ||
| Signal & telegraph | 932 | ||
| Electrical engineer's department | 792 | ||
| Electrical generating stations | 425 | ||
| General stores, stationery & sheeting department | 1324 | ||
| Other departments | 742 | ||
| Female Staff | |||
| All departments | 551 | 43 146 | |
| Ancilliary business staff (excluding clerical, except for the hotels) | |||
| Canals | 754 | ||
| Docks & quays | 2 568 | ||
| Marine staff afloat | |||
| Male | 1 528 | ||
| Female | 40 | 1 588 | |
| Motor omnibuses & road vehicles | 5 | ||
| Hotel, refreshment rooms & dining cars (including clerical) | |||
| Male | 4 267 | ||
| Female | 2 770 | 7 037 | |
| Marine shop & artizan staff | 309 | 12 261 | |
| Miscellaneous grades not allocated | |||
| Male | 556 | ||
| Female | 1 857 | 2 413 | |
| Grand Total of LMS Employees | 222 220 | ||
Artizan staff would embrace professionally qualified personnel, highly skilled specialists and managers of departments.
These figures are but a summary but behind these figures, the LMS could rely on a dedicated and loyal workforce, perhaps at times more loyal than the Company could have expected.
Off duty, the employees engaged in a wide variety of activities, which were organized for their benefit and enjoyment. The use of Company premises for clubs and societies was common, which invariably led to the initials 'LMS' forming part of their title including the LMS Rifle Club, LMS Fur & Feather Society, LMS Ambulance Group and the LMS (London) Variety Orchestra, to name but a few. Competitions were organized between similarly interested groups around the system, and representative teams drawn from clubs and societies competed against the other railway company teams in national railway championships. There was no television, and radio programmes were, of necessity, formal and predictable so railway employees took their leisure time alongside some of the colleagues they worked with.