Abingdon, The War Memorial c.1950
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A15018
More about this scene
The war memorial replaced an earlier obelisk with gas lamps attached; this had stood in the middle of what was a sheep market until 1885, the livestock market then moving to a new site in Bury Street. The war memorial with its bronze relief panels by Griffin was formally dedicated in September 1921 and unveiled by the Earl of Abingdon. The town lost 228 men in the Great War (as the First World War was then known). On the east side of the Square is a fine group of 16th- and 17th-century buildings, all gabled, the render concealing timber frames.
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