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|country= Poelaertplein, Brussels, Belgium |image= |caption= |commemorates= the Belgian People who helped British soldiers in World War I |unveiled= |coordinates= |location = Brussels, Belgium |designer= Charles Sargeant Jagger |inscription= }} The Anglo-Belgian War Memorial is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, which was commissioned by the British Imperial War Graves Commission and designed by the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885–1934). It is also known as the ' in Dutch and the ' in French. Unveiled in 1923 by the Prince of Wales, it commemorates the support given by the Belgian People to British prisoners of war during the First World War. It is located in / in Brussels near the Belgian infantry memorial. The monument depicts a British and a Belgian soldier carved from Brainvilliers stone. Around the sides are reliefs showing Belgian peasants assisting wounded British soldiers. Casts of the reliefs are held at the Imperial War Museum, London, and a plaster cast of the Belgian soldier is held in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces in Brussels . == Other memorials== Another Anglo-Belgian War Memorial stands on the Victoria Embankment in London. Completed in 1920, it is the work of British architect Sir Reginald Blomfield and Belgian sculptor Victor Rousseau. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anglo-Belgian Memorial (Brussels)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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