MEMORIAL TO KING
STATUE OPPOSITE PARLIAMENT PLAYING FIELDS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. fßritish Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 1(5.
The executive committee, which has been considering various schemes for n. memorial to the late King, has decided that the memory of King George V will be perpetuated by the erection of a statue on a site in Ahindon street directly opposite the Victoria, Tower of-’fhe Houses of Parliament, and by playing fields, each adorned with a memorial gate, throughout the length and breadth of the country.
The clearing of the Ahindon street site will reveal new views of the Henry VII Chanel" and the south side o r Westminster Abbey.
Lord Macmillan, the chairman of the executive, made known this decision to members of-the general coinini.lion nl Hie Mansion House yesterday. . V
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12864, 19 May 1936, Page 5
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