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Description: | Bronze figure of male soldier on shallow bronze base, striding forward, smiling and waving his cap in his right hand and holding his gun by his side in his left. His helmet lies on the ground beside his feet. Mounted on a rectangular stone plinth fitted on all four sides with bronze relief plaques. South side plaque smaller than the others, decorated with a crest and inscribed with the words: LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING FORWARD. East side relief facing river, contains a scene of two naval officers looking out to sea from the bridge of a ship, one looking through a telescope, the other pointing into the distance. The head of a sailor appears below the two figures. North side relief contains two female figures, one a nurse, the other in 1st WW military uniform, standing side by side, their heads in profile looking into each other's faces. The nurse holds some sheets of paper and a cylindrical object, the other figure, a pair of gloves. West side relief contains three airmen in hats and goggles standing in a group, the front two in profile and shaking hands, the other frontal and partly concealed behind them. A propellor and the wheel of an aircraft is visible to the right of the group. Below each relief plaque are several dentals, 3 for the larger ones, two for the smaller. Additional Information: Memorial to victims of both WW's. | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Brown, Mortimer Foundry: Singer & Sons Ltd. | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7140... | Go to resource |
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