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Crewe War Memorial
Crewe War Memorial stands in the Municipal Square, in Crewe, Cheshire, England. It consists of a bronze sculpture of Britannia standing on a pedestal, itself on a square base. The sculptor was Walter Gilbert and the sculpture was cast in the foundry of H. H. Martin and Company. It was unveiled in 1924. The names of those killed in both world wars and in later conflicts are inscribed on bronze plaques around the base, and there are further inscriptions on the paving around the memorial. It originally stood in Market Square and was moved to Municipal Square (which was renamed as Memorial Square on November 11 2014) in 2006. The memorial is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
==History==
Following the First World War, the people of Crewe were slow to approve plans for the erection of a monument to the town's 700 soldiers who had fallen in the combat. The tower already had a war memorial, the Boer War Memorial, which had been erected in Queen's Park in 1902–03. It was hoped that there could be a joint monument with the London and North Western Railway, the main employers and land owners in the town, but they already had their own monument in Euston Station. Eventually the council's War Memorial Sub-Committee decided in 1922 to erect a monument in Market Square. This was to be financed by public subscription, and it was hoped that the railway company would contribute to the cost. Seven models were submitted for consideration, and the committee chose the one designed by Walter Gilbert depicting a figure of Britannia in bronze.〔 Gilbert was the art director of the founders H. H. Martin and Company of Cheltenham, who were commissioned to cast the sculpture.
The foundations for the memorial were laid in September 1923. It was unveiled on 14 June 1924 by General Sir Ian Hamilton, and dedicated by the Bishop of Chester. The total cost of the memorial was £1,600, of which £600 was given by the railway company.〔 Following later wars and conflicts, plaques containing the names of those lost in the Second World War, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, and other conflicts were added.〔 In 2004 Crewe and Nantwich Borough CVuncil decided to make improvements to Market Square which would result in the memorial being moved. In November 2005 it was taken to the National Conservation Centre in Liverpool for restoration. The memorial was installed in Municipal Square in October 2006.〔
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