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Animals in War Memorial

Two bronze mules carrying a gun through a gap in a wall, and a horse and a dog already on the other side.

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Photo by Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

David Backhouse's memorial of 2004 to the animals that served in British and allied wars: eight million horses in the first war alone, and mules, dogs, camels, elephants, pigeons and glow-worms, all carved in relief along the curved Portland stone wall. The mules on the outside are laden and climbing; the horse and dog inside the wall are unburdened and looking away. The inscription on the second wall is four words: They had no choice. It stands on the edge of Hyde Park at Brook Gate, on the Park Lane side.

Where
Brook Gate, Park Lane, W1K 7QF
Nearest station
Marble Arch · 3 min walk

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