Bronze statue of a soldier, with a rifle, leaning on a rock. The pose was adapted from a Roman Dying Gladiator, but given a positive sense by the turn of the soldier's head as he looks back, presumably at his own troops, including the men who have fallen.
Inscription(s)
vulneratus non victus
[coat or arms of West Suffolk]
this monument
was erected by suffolk people as a memorial
to suffolk soldiers who lost their lives in the
south african war
1899-1902
Signature
Arthur G. Walker
Annotation
The memorial was uneviled on 11th November 1904 by General Lord Methuen.
War memorial - list of names
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Sculptor
Arthur George Walker RA (Hackney, London 1861 - 1939), English sculptor and painter
(Wikipedia).
