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listings. These were men who went missing, were presumed dead and had no known grave. Within Tyne Cot are memorials to the New
Zealanders who fell in the Battle of Broodseinde and the First Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 and another to the 2nd Australian Division. Blundstone and John Armitage were
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Folkestone War stands in The Leas area of Folkestone in Kent and was unveiled on 1 December 1922 by the Earl of Radnor. A bronze figure representing "Motherhood" holds in one hand a pole with a flag at half mast and a cross. A victory laurel is raised in her other hand. She sits on a stone
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National Union of Seamen as a thanks offering to Samuel Plimsoll for his successful efforts in having the Plimsoll Load line, which prevented overloading of cargo, placed on all British ships. Plimsoll became known as "the Sailors' Friend".
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The bronze sculpture, now with a patina of "greenish/chocolate brown" depicts Diana with a fawn and a gazelle. The sculpture sits on a plinth of green marble. It is signed by
Blundstone.
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