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The ''']''' is a ] located on ] in central ], and dedicated to members of the ] (RND) killed in that conflict. ] designed the memorial, which was unveiled on 25&nbsp;April 1925—ten years to the day after the ], in which the division suffered heavy casualties. Shortly after the war, former members of the division established a committee, chaired by one of their leading officers, Brigadier-General ], to raise funds for a memorial. Progress was initially slow. The committee planned to incorporate its memorial into a larger monument proposed by the ] for ]. When the navy abandoned that project, the RND's committee decided to proceed independently. They engaged Lutyens, who, after negotiation with the ], produced a design for a fountain connected to the ] of the ]. Lutyens' ] rises from a bowl, with water spouts projecting from sculpted lion heads at its base. The bowl is connected to a second, shallower basin by a decorative ]. The base contains ] carvings of the insignia of units attached to the RND. As well as various dedicatory inscriptions, the base contains the division's battle honours and an excerpt from the poem '']'' by ], who died of disease while serving in the division in 1915. The memorial was unveiled on 25&nbsp;April 1925 by Major-General ], the division's first commanding officer. ], the division's creator, gave a rousing speech praising Lutyens' design and the RND's record of distinguished service. The memorial was dismantled and placed in storage in 1939 to allow the construction of the ] in the Second World War. It was re-erected in 1951, in the grounds of the ] in ]. When the college closed in the late 1990s, a campaign was established to move the memorial back to its original location, where it was unveiled in 2003; ] read out his grandfather's speech from the original ceremony. The memorial was designated a grade&nbsp;II ] in 2008 and upgraded to grade&nbsp;II* in 2015, when ] declared Lutyens' war memorials a national collection. {{TFAFULL|Royal Naval Division Memorial}} The ''']''' is a ] located on ] in central ], and dedicated to members of the ] (RND) killed in that conflict. ] designed the memorial as an obelisk in the form of a fountain. The base bears carvings of RND unit insignia, dedicatory inscriptions, battle honours and an excerpt from the poem '']'' by ]. The memorial was unveiled on 25&nbsp;April 1925 by Major-General ], the division's first commanding officer. ], the division's creator, gave a rousing speech. The memorial was dismantled in 1939 to allow the construction of the ]. It was re-erected in 1951, in the grounds of the ] in ]. Following a campaign, the memorial was moved back to its original location, where it was unveiled by ] in 2003. The memorial was designated a grade&nbsp;II ] in 2008 and upgraded to grade&nbsp;II* in 2015. {{TFAFULL|Royal Naval Division Memorial}}


] and ]: Are you guys interested in doing this one? It's from May 2018. - Dank (]) 15:12, 6 December 2019 (UTC) ] and ]: Are you guys interested in doing this one? It's from May 2018. - Dank (]) 15:12, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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The Royal Naval Division Memorial is a First World War memorial located on Horse Guards Parade in central London, and dedicated to members of the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division (RND) killed in that conflict. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the memorial as an obelisk in the form of a fountain. The base bears carvings of RND unit insignia, dedicatory inscriptions, battle honours and an excerpt from the poem III: The Dead by Rupert Brooke. The memorial was unveiled on 25 April 1925 by Major-General Sir Archibald Paris, the division's first commanding officer. Winston Churchill, the division's creator, gave a rousing speech. The memorial was dismantled in 1939 to allow the construction of the Admiralty Citadel. It was re-erected in 1951, in the grounds of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Following a campaign, the memorial was moved back to its original location, where it was unveiled by Prince Charles in 2003. The memorial was designated a grade II listed building in 2008 and upgraded to grade II* in 2015. (Full article...)

Carcharoth and HJ Mitchell: Are you guys interested in doing this one? It's from May 2018. - Dank (push to talk) 15:12, 6 December 2019 (UTC)