Irene SNELSON Muriel F HIGGINS Kathleen M LAFFORD William D LASCELLES John E ABEL Ellis BROUGH Gilbert DAVIS Henry FRAIL | William NAYLOR John B HATTON Samuel DUDLEY William H WILLIAMS Charles HARROP John T NICKLIN Cyril NUNNERLEY |
Crewe is an important railway junction, and with its factories in WW2 it became a target for German aircraft. In a bombing raid on 29th December 1940 the Rolls-Royce factory received a direct hit, killing the 13 men and 4 women workers named on this memorial.
Post-war the factory converted to its original intended purpose, the production of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars. More recently, following a company de-merger and sale, the manufacture of Rolls-Royces moved elsewhere, leaving the Crewe factory to concentrate on Bentleys. Thus this memorial to Rolls-Royce workers is now in a Bentley factory.