Public art & sculpture · Yorkshire & the Humber
Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers
Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers in England Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers is a public sculpture in England Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
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 seafront as a 4-week loan in 2011, a local resident donated money to purchase the sculpture for the town.
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Background
History
The sculpture was installed on Royal Albert Drive, Scarborough in a position overlooking the town's North Bay in November 2011. The sculpture proved popular and a local appeal was set up to raise £50,000 to purchase the sculpture for the town. In December a local resident, Maureen Robinson donated £50,000 to the appeal, from her life savings. The sculpture is now owned by Scarborough Borough Council and is considered a local landmark. Due to the Belsen connection and for occurring on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day an anti-Semitic motive was considered possible. The paint was removed by a council team on the day after the attack. Later in 2012 an explanatory plaque was added nearby. It is…
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- Coordinates
- 54.2899, -0.4024
Sources
- wikidata: Q98612755 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers?
- Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.2899°, -0.4024°.