Governor Walker, Derry / Londonderry
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Governor Walker, Derry / Londonderry
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 23 May 2006
His statue is located within a courtyard at the Apprentice Boy's Hall. Note, his left hand is missing, a casualty from a bomb explosion, when he was positioned on a plinth overlooking the city walls Image] This small courtyard above the Memorial Hall on Society Street was opened in 1992 by the Mayor, Alderman William Hay. The centre-piece is a statue of the Reverend George Walker, Governor of the City in 1689. This is a facsimile of the statue which once stood atop Walker’s Column: of which only the head was recovered from the rubble of the 1973 bomb which destroyed the monument. The head is now on display in the Apprentice Boys Museum. A copper plaque, dedicated to the Heroes of the Great Siege, displays the names of the 13 Apprentice Boys who closed the Gates in December 1688. There are plans to build a permanent museum on this site at some future time. The previous location was here Image]
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54.995005
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-7.32423