Maiwand Lion, also called as Forbury Lion is a war memorial in Reading, UK.

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The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. The statue was named after the Battle of Maiwand and was erected in 1886 to commemorate the deaths of 329 men from the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot during the campaign in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880. It is sometimes known locally as the Forbury Lion.

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Size: 4774px × 3242px
Location: Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire, UK
Photo credit: © Deepthi Joseph / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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