Boer War Memorial, Crewe

Shortly after the end of the Boer War in May 1902, the citizens of Crewe decided to erect a memorial to the soldiers from the town who had fallen in the conflict.

It has been stated that a higher proportion of men from Crewe than in any other British town served in the war.

It is thought that the London & North Western Railway Company gave nothing, although they had been generous to the town in other ways, including donating the park.

[1] The memorial consists of a bronze statue of a soldier dressed in the uniform of the period standing on a marble column on a stone pedestal.

The pedestal is in Aberdeen granite, and the column is in grey marble with a sandstone cap.

[2] Originally at the base of the memorial was a bronze model of a locomotive named King Edward VII, which had been designed by Francis Webb.