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in Grateful Recognition of the Warmth and Understanding With Which During the Years 1940–1944 It Received Belgians from Enemy Occupied Europe on Their Way to Serve in the Allied Struggle for Freedom 21st July
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The Gibraltar War Memorial, also referred to as the British War Memorial, is located to the west of Line Wall Road in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the
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Adjacent to the monument are two Russian guns that were captured during the Crimean War (1854–1856). The inscription reads: "These Four Russian Guns, Captured in the
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1858." The guns were given to Gibraltar in 1858 for its assistance during that conflict. The other two pieces of artillery are located at the entrance to the
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Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930) served as Governor of Gibraltar from 1918 to 1923. The governor had the esplanade and steps built along the
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These four Russian guns, captured in the Crimea 1854--1856. were presented to Gibraltar by the British Government 1858.
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This Esplanade and These Steps Were Constructed in the Year 1921 During the Governorship of His Excellency General
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G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O. They Form a Memoria of His Regard for the Welfare of the People of Gibraltar
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for the residents of Gibraltar in 1921. A third tablet's inscription reads:
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The monument is positioned on an esplanade and steps, west of the
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built in 1921 are several memorial tablets, as well as two
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Photographs of monument, esplanade, tablets, and cannon
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and unveiled in 1923. Adjacent to the monument on the
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Line Wall Road
36°08′27″N 5°21′17″W / 36.140794°N 5.354798°W / 36.140794; -5.354798
Line Wall Road
Gibraltar
Jose Piquet Catoli
Military
Carrara
Marble
World War I
First World War
Line Wall Road
British Overseas Territory
Gibraltar
Jose Piquet Catoli
Spain
esplanade
Russian
Crimean War

Iberian Peninsula
Barcelona
Carrara
marble
Governor of Gibraltar
Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
City Hall
John Mackintosh Square
Gibraltarian
Argentine Republic

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