Sculpture

(lost) Birkbeck WW2 memorial

From Birkbeck: "The sculpture, which is thought to have been created in the 1950s, is approximately 1.2 metres high not including its plinth. It is carved from Warwickshire Horton Stone...".

Site: Birkbeck WW2 memorial (1 memorial)

WC1, Malet Street, Birkbeck College

July 2020: Preparing for its 200th anniversary in 2023 Birkbeck College launched an appeal for the whereabouts of its lost WW2 memorial.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Birkbeck WW2 memorial

Subjects commemorated i

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

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Birkbeck students killed in WW2

Birkbeck says that the memorial was created "... to commemorate the lives of ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Birkbeck WW2 memorial

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Ralph Beyer

From Birkbeck :  "Sculptor, Ralph Beyer, who died in 2008 aged 86, fled from ...

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