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Requiem

Reading International Brigade Memorial

Eric Stanford
1990

Description

The memorial depicts the mothers of those killed in Spain during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.

Reading - Requiem

The monument stood originally at the Civic Offices and in 2015 replaced to the present location.

Inscription(s)

1936 SPAIN 1939

defended
democracy

volunteers
for peace

DIED FOR LIBERTY
george middleton
casa de campo
- november 1936 -
william ball
jarama
- february 1937 -
archibald francis
aragon
- march 1938 -

Sculptor

Eric Stanford (1932), English sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

International Brigade Memorial Trust, Rededication of Reading memorial.
The Trooper Potts Memorial Site, Public Works of Art in Reading Town Center.

Locatie (N 51°27'24" - W 0°57'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbse195; Photograph: 20 March 2019
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