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English: Maiwand Lion The Maiwand Lion cast iron sculpture by George Blackall Simonds, erected in 1886. It is sometimes known locally as the Forbury Lion. http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.7812/fromUkniwmSearch/1
The statue commemorates the young soldiers of the Berkshire Regiment who lost their lives at the battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan in 1880. An account of the battle is at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2_ZstVBZSfIC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q=&f=true Thanks to David Gore for this link |
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| Author | PAUL FARMER |
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This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by PAUL FARMER and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
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