Sculpture

(lost) Birkbeck WW2 memorial

From Birkbeck: "The sculpture, which is thought to have been created in the 1950s, is approximately 1.2 metres high not including its plinth. It is carved from Warwickshire Horton Stone...".

Site: Birkbeck WW2 memorial (1 memorial)

WC1, Malet Street, Birkbeck College

July 2020: Preparing for its 200th anniversary in 2023 Birkbeck College launched an appeal for the whereabouts of its lost WW2 memorial.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Birkbeck WW2 memorial

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World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

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Birkbeck students killed in WW2

Birkbeck says that the memorial was created "... to commemorate the lives of ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Birkbeck WW2 memorial

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Ralph Beyer

From Birkbeck :  "Sculptor, Ralph Beyer, who died in 2008 aged 86, fled from ...

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