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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Crewe And Nantwich
- Town
- Crewe
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18345
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Current location
Crewe Railway Works Building 32
Railway Works General Office (BREL House)
Off Dunwoody La And West St
Crewe
Crewe And Nantwich
Cheshire
CW1 3JB
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 69255 55988
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Railway Works General Office
Crewe
Crewe And Nantwich
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Railway Works General Office
- Description
- Nowy-headed framed panel with lettering in gold.
- Inscription
- LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT GENERAL OFFICES/TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR FREEDOM, AND IN HONOUR OF THE 214 MEN WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ IN MEMORIAM/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Name)/ LEST WE FORGET
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ball, Charles
Bentley, Herbert C
Dale, Alfred G
Denith, Rowland
Fennah, Thomas M
Green, Vincent J M
Jones, Charles E
Kelly, John
Louis, Gerald J
Morgan, Charles A
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- Report (1999) states that this was ' 'found in the General Office 17 September 1985.'
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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