Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers
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Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers
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Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers is a statue by sculptor Ray Lonsdale which overlooks North Bay of Scarborough, England. Made from weathering steel, the sculpture depicts Freddie Gilroy, a former soldier who participated in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, sitting on a bench in his old age. Gilroy was a friend of the sculptor and Lonsdale made the piece partly as a tribute to him, but also as a wider war and Holocaust memorial. Originally intended to sit on the seafro
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Statue in Scarborough, England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Gilroy_and_the_Belsen_Stragglers
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2022-09-22T10:13:56Z
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