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CONTENT Introduction |
War memorials, like war, depend on the availability of money. Governments and local authorities have easier access to cash than small communities for war memorials. States of course have access to prodigious amounts of money for war. In 2014 the British governement is thinking of Whatever function this memorial served in the past, today it must be a good spot to sit out on a summer's day, have a pint and enjoy the distant views. |
 The message of the bronze group depicting a wounded soldier holding a spray of laurel and passing a sword of justice to the female figure representing Peace is clear - peace is the gift of the dead. |
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The memorial structure echoes and reinforces this hierarchy of thought. The names of the 1,512 dead are listed alphabetically on thirty-eight bronze panels. Above are two bronze lions representing the British Empire, one in combat with the serpent of evil, the other having triumphantly crushed it. |
One of the two bronze lions representing the British Empire; this one has triumphantly crushed the serpent of evil. |
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| PEACE PLEDE UNION 1 Peace Pssage London N7 0BT | ||