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St Margaret's at Cliffe
Kent
South East England

The Pines Garden - Saint Margaret's Bay

Sir Winston Churchill

1874 - 1965
English prime minister
(Wikipedia)

Oscar Nemon
1972

St Margaret's at Cliffe / Sir Winston Churchill

Description

Bronze statue, placed on a small hill, with at the foot a plaque with the text we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight | in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

St Margaret's at Cliff - Sir Winston Churchill

Inscription(s)

WINSTON SPENCER
CHURCHILL
born 30th november 1874
died 24th january 1965
author artist historian
statesman inventor
and stonemason
british prime minister
10th may 1940 - 26th july 1945

Sculptor Oscar Nemon

Signature

Nemon

Annotation

Unveiled 30 November 1972 by Sir Winston Churchill's grandson, Winston Churchill MP.

Sculptor

Oscar Nemon, born Oscar Neumann (Osijek, Croatia 1906 - Oxford 1985), English sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Pines Garden.
Pines Garden, Website.

Locatie (N 51°8'52" - E 1°22'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbse085; Photograph: 13 August 2015
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