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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- Berwickshire
- Town
- Duns
- County
- Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Animal Memorials
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24 April 2016
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78066
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Current location
Market Square
Duns
Berwickshire
Borders
TD11 3DB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 78581 53888
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Life sized fibreglass figure of a brown bear carrying an artillery shell
- Inscription
- [NONE]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Animal Memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Fibreglass
- Figure
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: Gifted by the people of the town of Zaglan, Poland - Reference
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-30836545
- Photographs-warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9604&mforum=warmemscot
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35997020 (about the unveiling)
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15736812 (about the film of his life story)
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