Lord Wantage Monument, a memorial cross to Robert Loyd Lindsey, Lord Wantage, on The Ridgeway Path, a historic National Trail, Oxfordshire, UK

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The Ridgeway is an ancient track, 87 miles (139km) long, much of it following the ancient chalk ridge route used by prehistoric man. Situated on the Ridgeway, just off the B4494, is the memorial cross and monument to Robert Loyd Lindsey, Lord Wantage. Lord Wantage was a distinguished soldier and one of the first to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the Crimean War. The copses of trees in the vale below were planted by Lord Wantage and are believed to represent the battle lines at Alma. Lord Wantage was one of the founders of the British Red Cross.

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Location: Near Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
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