D-Day Soldiers of sacrifice

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Reference WMO/288586

Address:

The D-Day Story (inside in foyer)

Clarence Esplanade

Southsea

Portsmouth

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A statue of a soldier entirely made from replica bullets and represents Den Betheridge who was deemed to be the forst soldier who fell in the landings. The sculpture shows him bent down as if he was throwing a grenade, but is releasing a dove the symbol of peace. Sculptor: Alfie Bradley Southsea Walk
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The statue features Den Brotheridge, widely believed to be the first Allied serviceman to be killed on D-Day, surrounded by 4,413 bullets, representing his comrades in arms who fell in battle later that day. In the sculpture he is crouched down as if to throw a grenade, but instead he is releasing a dove; symbolising peace and acknowledging that these soldiers' deaths were not in vain.

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