Eastbourne War Memorial
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Eastbourne War Memorial
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 3 Aug 2012
The War Memorial in Devonshire Place at Eastbourne. The memorial, by Henry Charles Fehr, was unveiled in 1920. It is in the form of a granite memorial which is surmounted by bronze statue, the ‘Angel of Victory’, holding a laurel wreath in the left hand and a raised inverted sword in the right (Image]). There are bronze plaques to north and south sides. This is looking at the south face, the raised lettering on the bronze plaque reads: THE TRIBUTE OF EASTBOURNE TO HER GALLANT SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED ON OAK TABLETS IN THE TOWN HALL (Image]) For a detailed description, see http://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=21 Public Sculptures of Sussex
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