Arthur Louis Aaron VC

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Reference WMO/263805

Address:

City Centre Loop

Leeds

LS2 7HU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Brick Brick
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Five-metre bronze sculpture takes the form of Aaron standing next to a tree, up which are climbing three children progressively representing the passage of time between 1950 and 2000, with the last a girl releasing a dove of peace. The statue was built as a millennium project and placed on this roundabout with a millennium fountain. There has been a campaign to move it to the Roundhay area of Leeds where Aaron was born, as the roundabout is difficult for the public to access. But as of August 2023 it is still there. The roundabout is outside Leeds Coach and Bus Station
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Tablet on Face 1- ARTHUR AARON VC/1922-1943/FOR OUR TOMORROW/HE GAVE HIS TODAY; Label on Face 2-TALKING STATUES LEEDS/Hear/Arthur Aaron/here/[QR code]/Use your phone- This stature will call back; Plaque on Face 3-ARTHUR AARON VC/The Millennium Statue chosen by the people of Leeds/Sculpted by Graham Ibbeson//A Leeds boy, educated at Roundhay High School and Leeds University,/Aaron ignored grievous wounds to help his stricken aircraft to safety on the night of 12 August 1943. By supervising the flight/from Turin to Bone, North Africa, he gave up his life for those of his crew/and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.//Cast by A B Fine Art Foundry/Given by Leeds Civic Trust/Supported by Leeds City Council//Unveiled 24 March 2001 by Malcolm Mitcham DFM, last survivor of Aaron's crew

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