
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Reading
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Maker
- ERIC STANFORD (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 May 1990
Attended by: MAYOR OF READING - Rededicated
Date: 10 May 2015
Attended by: The Mayor of Reading and the sculptor, Eric Stanford, and a broad party of supporters. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7813
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Current location
The Forbury Gardens
Eastside,
Reading
Reading
Berkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 71963 73609
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- THE CIVIC CENTRE
Reading
Reading
Berkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 710 730
Denomination: Undefined
- THE CIVIC CENTRE
- Description
- MOTHER AND DEAD CHILD - SYMBOLIC OF PEOPLE OF SPAIN MOURNING DEAD REPUBLIC. ALSO THREE SOLDIERS ON REVERSE
- Inscription
- DIED FOR LIBERTY/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ball, William
Francis, Archibald
Middleton, George
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 7
Died: 3
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: height 5FT
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Spanish Civil War / International Brigades Memorial
- WMO ID: 230484
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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