Statue of Allan Leonard Lewis VC
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Statue of Allan Leonard Lewis VC
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 13 Jun 2022
Statue of Allan Leonard Lewis VC at the entrance to the Old Market shopping centre. The sculpture is the work of Jemma Pearson and was created in 2018. Allan Leonard Lewis was born in Whitney-on-Wye in 1895. He moved to South Wales to find work and signed up in 1915. He was killed on 21 September 1918 (aged 23) at Rossnoy, near Lempire, in France. Three days earlier he'd taken out a German machine gun placement and made the whole team surrender, for this he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Image Location
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52.058449
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-2.716525