Description
Bronze statue, on a pedestal with two bronze vignettes of the trenches of World War I and one of the Battle of Zutphen, showing the wounded Sidney. It is placed in the semicircular World War II monument.
The trenches of World War I
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Scene at the Battle of Zutphen, when the wounded Sidney gave up his cup of water to a dying soldier
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Inscription(s)
PHILIPPVS SIDNEY
salopiensis
Front of pedestal:
scholæ meæ alvmnos agnosco
bronze vignette of the trenches of World War I
mcmxiv mcmxviii
school coat of arms
Back of pedestal:
zutphen mdlxxxvi
bronze vignette showing the scene at the Battle of Zutphen
On the sides and below the Battle of Zutphen vignette list of names of Salopian who fell in World War I (photos available on request)
Signature
AGWalker sc. / 1923
a.b. burton / founder
The vignettes are signed with monogram AGW
Sculptor
- Arthur George Walker RA (Hackney, London 1861 - 1939), English sculptor and painter
(Wikipedia).
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 52°42'8" - W 2°45'47") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: gbwm017; Photograph: 24 October 2009
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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