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Title
Poppy
Date
2016
Medium
metal & mosaic tile
Measurements
H 300 x W 120 x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
WR2_IL_S003
Acquisition method
funded by Worcestershire County Council Cllr. Richard Udall's Divisional Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Worcestershire County Council
Custodian
Worcester City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
23rd April 2016
Access
at all times
Inscription description
WORCESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY / (THE QUEEN'S OWN WORCESTERSHIRE HUSSARS), / THE WORCESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY / WAS FORMED IN 1794 TO PROTECT THE UNITED KINGDOM AGAINST THREAT OF AN / INVASION BY NAPOLEON BONAPARTE / IN 1887 THE REGIMENT WAS GIVEN A NEW TITLE BY QUEEN VICTORIA / THE QUEENS'S OWN WORCESTERSHIRE HUSSARS. / DURING ITS PERIOD OF SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY AND THE COUNTY, THE REGIMENT FOUGHT BATTLES AND WARS / ACROSS THE WORLD INCLUDING THE BOER WAR FROM 1900-1903 AND THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 IN GALLIPOLI, / EGYPT, SYRIA AND PALESTINE- WHERE THEY MADE CAVALRY CHARGE TO CAPTURE GUNS, THE LAST CAVALRY CHARGE OF / THIS TYPE IN BRITISH MILITARY HISTORY. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 THE REGIMENT SERVED IN EUROPE,PALESTINE AND THE FAR EAST. / THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT FROM 1794 TO 1956 THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WERE VOLUNTEERS FROM WORCESTERSHIRE WHO GAVE THEIR TIME FOR POSSIBLE EMERGENCY OR FUTURE WAR. / COMMEMORATIVE POPPY SCULPTURE BY VICTORIA HARRISON SCULPTOR AND MOSAIC ARTIST 2016. / FUNDED BY COUNCILLOR RICHARD UDALL AND THE WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL DIVISIONAL FUND. / PART OF THE WORCESTERSHIRE WORLD WAR ONE HUNDRED PROJECT, FUNDED BY THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND.
