Soldier and Victory, Ashton-Under-Lyne War Memorial
Introduction
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Soldier and Victory, Ashton-Under-Lyne War Memorial
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 8 Jan 2019
The crowning group at the top of the memorial comprises the winged figure of Victory bending over a collapsed and wounded soldier in battlefield dress, her arm around his right shoulder. The soldier, wounded and exhausted, holds a spray of laurels in his bandaged left hand. The winged figure of peace supports him. Having received the laurels of everlasting gratitude, the soldier hands over his sword, the symbol of justice, which the winged figure takes into her keeping. Victory stands upon a jumbled assemblage of weaponry, equipment and machinery components symbolising the three armed forces, including an aircraft propeller, ropes, sails and an anchor, a tank gear-wheel, artillery guns, rifles and steel helmets. This crowning group is made of bronze and weighs two tons.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.488759
Longitude
-2.087977