Maiwand Lion

E610312

war memorial

Maiwand Lion is a prominent Victorian war memorial in Reading, Berkshire, commemorating local soldiers who died in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maiwand Lion war memorial	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	war memorial ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Victorian ⓘ
artForm	sculpture ⓘ
associatedWith	66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Berkshire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	military memorial ⓘ monument and memorial in Berkshire ⓘ
commemorates	Battle of Maiwand NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ local soldiers from Reading who died in the Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
commemorationType	war dead memorial ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	officers and men of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
designer	George Blackall Simonds NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Victorian era ⓘ
erectedIn	1880s ⓘ
hasInscription	details of the Battle of Maiwand ⓘ names of fallen soldiers ⓘ
hasPart	inscription panels ⓘ lion sculpture ⓘ pedestal ⓘ
height	approximately 31 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade II listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy	Historic England NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade II listed structure ⓘ
locatedIn	Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ Reading NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
location	Forbury Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	cast iron ⓘ
memorialTo	British soldiers killed in the Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ members of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
namedAfter	Battle of Maiwand NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being a prominent landmark in Reading ⓘ large cast-iron lion figure ⓘ
owner	Reading Borough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
region	South East England ⓘ
sculptor	George Blackall Simonds NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	symbol of Reading’s military heritage ⓘ
situatedInPark	Forbury Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	lion ⓘ
touristAttraction	Reading NERFINISHED ⓘ
unveiledOn	1886 ⓘ
usesLanguage	English inscriptions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reading, Berkshire, England → hasLandmark → Maiwand Lion ⓘ

subject surface form: Reading, Berkshire

Battle of Maiwand → memorial → Maiwand Lion ⓘ

Battle of Maiwand → commemoratedBy → Maiwand Lion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maiwand Lion war memorial