Monday, March 14, 2005

London Troops War Memorial

London Troops War Memorial, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, City of London, London

London Troops War Memorial
Royal Exchange
Cornhill, City of London
London, March 2004

“The London Troops War Memorial, located in front of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, commemorates the men of London who fought in World War I and World War II. The memorial consists of a Portland stone column approximately 7.5 metres (25 ft) high, with buttress plinths, on a granite base, and attached bronze sculptures. On each of the buttress plinths, to the north and south of the central column, is a life-size bronze statue of a soldier standing at ease with a rifle, one representing the Royal Fusiliers and the other the Royal Field Artillery. The column is surmounted by a bronze lion rampant bearing a medallion of Saint George and the Dragon, with the legand ‘St George for England’.” (London Troops War Memorial, Wikipedia)

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