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Item Ref# FS3122
Durham Light Infantry Soldier
This piece shows a Durham Light Infantry (DLI) soldier at rest on the barricade - it could be at the relief of Ladysmith which the DLI were heavily involved in.
This heavy cold cast Bronze statue has been sculptured by the Artist Paul Edward Dunne, who is himself ex Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
It stands just over 8 inches high (18 centimetres) and it weighs 2.25 lbs or 1 kilo. Cold cast bronze is a bronze coated figure back filled with resin and bronze ingots to give weight. |
Paper Bombs
Helen Bradford concludes: 'The savage "vernielzucht" shocked numerous observers - and was of profound significance to Boer men. The Boers, both on the military and domestic fronts, were also bombarded with a series of carrot-and-stick proclamations between February and June 1900. These proclamations were known as 'paper bombs' in Boer circles. By August 1900 Roberts was turning the screws tighter, and there was open talk of the ruination of the country, if necessary, to bring the war to an end.
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 |