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Verdun oak bench

Erection date: 2003

Inscription

{On the side nearest the water, carved into the front of the seat:}
This bench was made using timber from the Verdun oak (1919 - 2003). This tree grew from an acorn collected from the Verdun battlefield in 1917.

{On the side nearest the pavilion, carved into the front of the seat:}
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Laurence Binyon 1914.

Site: Kew Gardens war memorial (2 memorials)

TW9, Kew Gardens, Temple of Arethusa

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Laurence Binyon

Poet.  Born Lancaster.  Worked at the British Museum and become expert in Chi...

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