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Title
Lion War Memorial
Date
1924
Medium
Mourne granite
Accession number
BT33_AL_S017
Acquisition method
funded by Lady Mabel Annesley
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Custodian
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B2 (Northern Ireland)
Unveiling date
c.1927
Listing date
03/12/93
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
etched on the back of the left side of the plinth, painted black: FRANCIS WILES / SCULPTOR
Inscription description
etched on the front of the pedestal, painted black: TO THE / HONOURED MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919; and similarly on the front of the base: 1939-1945