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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)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 9 November 1924
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 15 Sep. 2010
Attended by: Rev Richard Cook - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18346
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Current location
Repositioned in first class lounge in Sep. 2010.Formerly in railway offices approached via platform 12.
Crewe Railway Station
Nantwich Rd
Crewe
Crewe And Nantwich
Cheshire
CW2 6HR
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 71111 54793
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- On wall alongside No.1 road in the shed.
Crewe South Steam Shed
Crewe
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- On wall alongside No.1 road in the shed.
- Description
- Nowy-headed brass plaque on wooden backboard with figure of Britannia in a roundel and St Michael with sword and dragon. WW2 plaque attached.
- Inscription
- LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY/ CREWE NORTH & SOUTH STEAM SHEDS/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF 300 MEN WHO FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND CIVILISATION SERVED IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914 - 1919/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (Names)/ WE DIED IN MANY LANDS THAT YOU MAY/ LIVE IN THIS/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/(Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arundale, George
Bedford, J A C
Booth, C J
Bowden, H J C
Evans, G T
Fitzpatrick, N
Gibbons, R C
Jones, T R
Knight, A C
Maynard, Samuel
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 46
Served and returned: 0
Died: 46
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal, Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
- London and North Western Railway
- WMO ID: 204277
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- WELLINGTON JOURNAL & SHREWSBURY NEWS by N/A 15 Nov.1924 p.16 col.2 Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE
- Railstaff No. 155 (Oct. 2010)
- Crewe Chronicle 2 Feb. 2000, p.5; 19 Dec. 2007.
- Railway Gazette Nov. 1924
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