Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Crewe And Nantwich
- Town
- Crewe
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1924
Attended by: Capt H P M Beames
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18344
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Current location
Crewe Railway Works Building 32
Off Dunwoody La And West St
Crewe
Crewe And Nantwich
Cheshire
CW1 3JB
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 69255 55988
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque mounted within a convex headed wooden frame which also holds the memorial to Fitting Shop (Old Works) employees (Our ref. 18343). Wreath carved at the top of the board. Additional plaque for WW2 names added at the base of the frame. Vase with metal plaque.
- Inscription
- EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE EMPLOYEES/ OF THE FITTING SHOP (STEEL WORKS) TO/ RECORD THAT 92 MEN OF THE DEPARTMENT/ JOINED H.M. FORCES AND FOUGHT FOR THE/ LIBERTY OF MANKIND/ THE FOLLOWING MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (Names)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH On vase: PRESENTED/ BY THE/ MACHINE SHOP FEMALE STAFF/ NOV 11TH 1941
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arrowsmith, J C
Cartwright, A
Dunn, S L
Gater, F
Higginson, A
Hudson, A M
Newton, W A
Nightingale, C
Platt, H
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Mahogany - Vase
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Bronze - Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Vase
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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