Freddie Gilroy & The Belsen Stragglers

About

Freddie Gilroy & The Belsen Stragglers is a other in yorkshire. (Statue in Scarborough, England.) According to Wikipedia: "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."

Coordinates

54.2899, -0.4023

Sources

• osm: n5144998123 (ODbL)
• wikipedia: Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• commons: Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers (geograph 3955764).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)