Newcastle War Memorial Pedestal, Front Face

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    "The Newcastle First World War Memorial in Old Eldon Square was unveiled by Earl Haig on 26th September 1923. It is in the form of a bronze statue of St George killing the Dragon. The statue is mounted on a tall white stone pedestal with a simple cornice and stepped base. The pedestal carries a relief carving of a lion on the front dado face, under the dates 1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945." Photo by David Dixon, 2016, and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Licence.
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    Geograph.org.uk
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
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    What does this mean? Unknown license check permission to reuse
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4883322
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 10 months ago
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