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York and Lancaster Regiment - Regimental war memorial. 1923 to designs by Roy Smith, sculptors G N Morewood, Roy Smith and Francis Jahn; cast by Parlanti's bronze foundry. Granite, ashlar and bronze figures. Weston Park, Sheffield

two life-size bronze figures. The west figure depicts a private soldier in contemporary battle uniform with a Lee-Enfield rifle slung over his right shoulder and carrying kit including his tin helmet on his back. The front of the base of the statue is inscribed G N MOREWOOD. The side is inscribed E J PARLANTI FOUNDER, LONDON. The east figure depicts an officer, also dressed in contemporary battle uniform, wearing his tin helmet and carrying a pistol in his right hand. The front of the base of the statue is inscribed ROY SMITH, and the side is inscribed E J PARLANTI FOUNDER, LONDON.

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Uploaded on September 16, 2010
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