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Animal War Memorial

Animal War Memorial

WORTHY OF RECOGNITION

"LIFE IN ANY FORM IS OUR PERPETUAL RESPONSIBILITY"

REV S CADMAN-PARKES

"TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY, TO SERVE UNQUESTIONABLY TO TRUST BEYOND ENDURANCE. BEARING NO MALICE LOYAL AND PROTECTIVE THEY WORK, PLAY, LIVE, SHARE, ENRICH, FIGHT AND DIE FOR US AND WITH US, ASKING LITTLE IN RETURN. THEY ARE THE ANIMALS. OH THAT MAN COULD LIVE BY THIS CREED ALSO."

JULIE TAYLOR-RADCLIFFE

"I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT WORSE THAN DYING IN A WAR, IS TO BE FORGOTTEN"

JOHN BURNAM VIETNAM VETERAN AND SCOUT DOG HANDLER

Commissioned by The Morley Murals Committee. The sculpture is approximately eight feet tall and carved from yorkshire sandstone. The stone quarried from Marshalls PLC Howley Park and is sited in Dartmouth Park Morley.

The sculpture depicts a horse, dog, cat and birds all carved in relief. The sculpture commemorates military animals that have died in war.

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