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Title
War Memorial Lion
Date
1925
Medium
Kemnay granite
Accession number
AB10_DM_S032
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Aberdeen City Council
Custodian
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
29th September 1925
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscriptions on the wall of the Hall: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / MCMXIV - MCMXIX / MCMXXXIX - MCMXLV; memorial court panel: THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR FREEDOM; book of remembrance: HERE BEGINNETH THE ROLL OF THE MEN AND / WOMEN OF ABERDEEN WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF / 1914-1919: BEING THE RECORD OF THEIR / NAMES, OF THEIR RANKS IN THE NAVY, THE / ARMY, THE AIR FORCE, AND THE MERCANTILE / MARINE; OF THEIR HOMES, AND OF THE DATES/ OF THEIR SACRIFICES TO THE SACRED CAUSE OF / FREEDOM, TRUTH AND JUSTICE. / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."