This exhibit is a fiberglass model used to create the bronze statue that now stands in Whitehall Place, London. The London statue was unveiled by the Royal Tank Regiment’’s Colonel in Chief, Her Majesty the Queen, on the 13th of June 2000.
The memorial depicts a Comet Tank Crew and is a permanent tribute to those who have served in the Royal Tank Regiment and its antecedents.*
The bronze figures shown here represent (from left) the Hull Machine Gunner holding a BSA machine gun, Turret Gunner, Commander with binoculars, Loader/Radio Operator and Driver of a Comet Tank.
Comets entered service in 1945, as a 32 ton Cruiser Tank armed with a 77mm gun. They served with the 11th Armoured Division for the last few months of the war in Europe.*
Take these men as your example.
Like them remember
That prosperity can only be for the free,
Who alone have the courage to defend it.Pericles 490 – 429 B.C.
*from an information board next to the statue
I would like to thank them for there service.
Coffee is on
Let us give thanks to them.
I wonder what they were all looking at.
Potential enemy?
We do have some war memorials in Malaysia but they’re rather simple.
Normally, just a memorial plaque in a quiet setting.
Don’t often see hero statues, apart from the National Monument.
http://www.expatgo.com/my/2017/04/03/malaysian-monuments/
I like the Malaysian memorials. I would love them more if every get round to making a visit.
great place my friend
i found the quote written on so inspirational
Thank you Shabana
I love the stories behind memorials.
I agree and the stories lead us to visit other places connected with the stories
a sobering memorial, CP. there are some in Singapore too that were dedicated to the personnel who perished in the WWII.
All such memorials give us time to pause and think…