War Memorials

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Also on the grounds of Belfast City Hall, the Royal Irish Rifles Boer War Memorial, unveiled on 6 October 1905 in the presence of Field Marshal Lord Grenfell:

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And now we're in Liverpool, England (incidentally, my favourite during this voyage).

The Cunard War Memorial in front of the Cunard Building (one of the famous "three graces") at the Pier Head. Erected around 1920 and officially unveiled in 1921, it commemorates the Cunard employees killed in the First World War (and later, the Second World War):

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The statue of Britain's most successful submarine hunter, Captain Frederic John "Johnny" Walker CB DSO*** at the Pier Head, unveiled by Prince Philip in 1998. With its well-captured likeness and dynamic, natural pose, it really like it a lot:

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We're still on the Pier Head. The Liverpool Naval Memorial, also known as the Memorial to the Missing of the Naval Auxiliary Personnel of the Second World War or the Merchant Navy War Memorial, unveiled by Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope on 12 November 1952:

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Next to it is a stone structure holding these plaques (sorry, I couldn't avoid my reflection in some of them):

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Next to that, the Merchant Navy Memorial:

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I liked this one a lot.

Named "All together now", this statue commemorates the famous Christmas Truce of 1914. It is on display in the grounds of the bombed-out St. Luke's Church. (Sorry, I can't offer a closer look, as I snapped these pictures from the top deck of a hop on/hop off bus):







Read more about the statue here:

Index - The Christmas Truce Statue


That's it for now; I will add a few more contributions in the evening.

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Monument to the King's Liverpool Regiment in St. John's Gardens, unveiled on 9 September 1905 in the presence of Field Marshal Sir George White:

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There are many more memorial stones and -plaques in St. John's Gardens, shown in the next three posts without additional captions:

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