Bedford, Embankment Gardens c.1955
Photo ref: B51027
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Photo ref: B51027
Photo of Bedford, Embankment Gardens c.1955

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Bedford's War Memorial was erected in Embankment Gardens around 1920. A medieval knight surmounts the tall plinth. The stone piers and chains remain, and the memorial's Portland limestone is as white as the day it was built.

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