Face of the Abergavenny war memorial statue

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The photograph on this page of Face of the Abergavenny war memorial statue by Jeremy Bolwell as part of the Geograph project.

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Face of the Abergavenny war memorial statue

Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 14 Oct 2012

A slightly haunted expression of a veteran. A 'thousand yard stare' I believe it's called. This face has looked out over town since just after the Great War - almost a century in which maybe only the geography and scale of the battlefields has changed.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.824591
Longitude
-3.021141