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Title
Thinking Soldier (Huntingdon War Memorial)
Date
1923
Medium
bronze & Weldon stone
Accession number
PE29_JB_S021
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
Huntingdon Town Council
Custodian
Huntingdon Town Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
11th November 1923
Listing date
11/02/14
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front: TO THE MEN OF / 1914 - 1918 WHO / WROUGHT FOR MANKIND A GREAT / DELIVERANCE / ALSO TO THOSE WHO / IN 1939 - 1945 / SERVED AND TRIED / TO PRESERVE OUR / GLORIOUS HERITAGE; rear: TO THOSE WHO IN / THE MANY WARS / AND CONFLICTS / SINCE 1945 / SERVED AND DIED / TO PRESERVE / FREEDOM