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Description:War Memorial, Devonshire Place, Eastbourne The War Memorial in Devonshire Place at Eastbourne.

The memorial, by Henry Charles Fehr, was unveiled in 1920. It is in the form of a granite memorial which is surmounted by bronze statue, the ???Angel of Victory???, holding a laurel wreath in the left hand and a raised inverted sword in the right. There are bronze plaques to north and south sides.

This is looking at the south face, the raised lettering on the bronze plaque reads:

THE TRIBUTE OF EASTBOURNE TO HER GALLANT SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED ON OAK TABLETS IN THE TOWN HALL


For a detailed description, see http://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=21 Public Sculptures of Sussex
Location:50.766570, 0.284954
Road:A259
Date:03 08 2012
Photographer:(c) Copyright David Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Source:Geograph

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Galleries  | A259 | Memorial Roundabout (Eastbourne) | Eastbourne | Sussex

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