Weston Super Mare, The War Memorial, Grove Park c.1940
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This First World War memorial, with its Portland stone terraces, was designed by the eminent sculptor Alfred Drury and installed in 1922. On top of the column is a bronze casting of winged Victory standing on a globe with one hand bearing the victor's palm, now sadly broken off.
An extract from Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories.
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War Memorials
A special selection of photographs from our Archive of the War Memorials that connect us with those who fought and perished in the conflicts that have shaped the world we live in today. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."- Laurence Binyon, For The Fallen
Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories
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