Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Crewe And Nantwich
- Town
- Crewe
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- H H Martyn and Co. (Founder / Foundry)
WALTER HENRY GILBERT (Sculptor) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14th June 1924
Attended by: Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Square beside library
opposite municipal buildings
Library
Earle St
Crewe
Crewe And Nantwich
Cheshire
CW1
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 709 557
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Market Sq
Crewe
Crewe And Nantwich
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 70520 55711
Denomination: Undefined
- Market Sq
- Description
- BASE SURMOUNTED BY PEDESTAL SURMOUNTED BY FIGURE OF BRITTANIA STANDING ON CHAINS AND HOLDING TRIDENT AND PALM. NAME PLAQUES AND TABLETS PLACED ON BASE OF MEMORIAL AND ON A RAISED WALL BUILT AROUND THE MEMORIAL.
- Inscription
- FRONT: THIS STATUE WAS/ PLACED TO COMMEMORATE/ THE MEN OF CREWE/ WHO SEEKING THE/ WELFARE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN SO DOING/ AND ARE NOW RESTING/ IN AND BEYOND/ THE SEAS/ LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS REVERSE: 1914 - 1918 PLAQUES: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, J
Austin, Ronald
Barrow, Amos
Broughton, Percy J
Brown, F O
Bryan, R H
Chase, J
Dodd, J
Dutton, H G
Gater, F
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Sculpture
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Pedestal
- Listing information
- CREWE WAR MEMORIAL
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Crewe War Memorial
- WMO ID: 120341
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-04-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010: Memorial moved to a new location at Earle Street Library. Plaques removed and replaced. 2005: Designated a Grade II listed monument. Plans to relocate Nov 2004. Plans put on hold May 2006. Damage of vandalism in 2007
- Costs
Site: £ 1600
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Crewe Chronicle 14 Nov, 2007 - Vandalism of Memorial
- Crewe Chronicle 17 DEC 2003; 9 JUL 2003; 30 AUG 2006
- Crewe Guardian 25 Jan 2007
- Our website www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2004/fromUkniwmSearch/1
- WELLINGTON JOURNAL & SHREWSBURY NEWS by N/A 9 Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE June 1922/August 1922/October 1922/June 1924/
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