<p>A refreshing change to have a sculpture - not even on a pllnth -  to remember a mechanical engineer celebrated for designing and building faster, safer, and more elegant railway engines. 
</p><p>Instead of London's kings, queens and generals on horses 
</p><p>Biographical information about Nigel Gresley &lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Gresley">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Gresley</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;in Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; - doesn't mention any specific invading, killing or bombing. Though the &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.gresley.org/sir-nigel-gresleya-chronology">https://www.gresley.org/sir-nigel-gresleya-chronology</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gresley Society Trust website&lt;/a&gt; mentions that:
</p>
<i>"On outbreak of World War 1 he reorganised Doncaster Works for production of armaments. He modified locomotives for military use. Later in the war he served on the Engineering Committee of the Ministry of Food."</i>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/53921762@N00">Alan Stanton</a>
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanstanton/27283764360/">About Sir Nigel Gresley</a>