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The skeleton of a standing horse, bowing its head, is shown in bas relief. To its right is a seated soldier wearing a gas mask and with a wounded arm.

Title

Animals in War

Date

1998

Medium

Kemnay granite

Accession number

MK9_JR_S003

Acquisition method

gift from Ronald Rae

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

The Parks Trust Milton Keynes

Custodian

The Parks Trust Milton Keynes

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

2015

Listing date

18/08/20

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscribed in black lettering on a metal plaque inset into a stone surround on the ground: ANIMALS IN WAR MEMORIAL / RONALD RAE / 1998 / KEMNAY GRANITE / A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF / MILTON KEYNES FROM THE ARTIST / IN MEMORY OF / EDNA EGUCHI READ / (1929-2012) / ARTIST AND PACIFIST / AN IRREPRESSIBLE FORCE AND CHAMPION / OF PUBLIC ART IN MILTON KEYNES; and on a mounted notice in raised lettering: ANIMALS IN WAR / By Ronald Rae, 1998 / Gifted by the sculptor to the people of Milton Keynes in 2015 in / memory of Edna Read (1929-2012) who was an active promoter of / public art in the new city. Carved from granite this is a memorial to / animals that have died in war, the soldier with half an arm missing / and wearing a gas mask is a reference to the horrors of chemical / warfare.

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