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The war memorial, which originally stood in City Square, was designed by H C Fehr, was dedicated on 14th October 1922. It consisted of a bronze statue of a winged Victory holding a sword and a wreath which stood on a base of Portland stone. On opposite sides of the base are two other bronze figures representing War and Peace. In 1936 changes to the traffic system in City Square meant that the memorial had to be removed, and in 1937 it was moved to its new position in the Garden of Rest on the Headrow, in front of the Art Gallery and Henry Moore Institute where it was re-dedicated.

The summit of the memorial now bears a draped angelic figure in bronze (SE2933 : Angel of Peace, Leeds War Memorial). The original statue sustained storm damage, and was finally replaced in 1992 by this gentler, more conciliatory, Angel of Peace releasing a dove, sculpted by Ian Judd. The flanking figures, which we can still see today, are of St George (SE2933 : St George, Leeds War Memorial) and Peace. The former is shown as a rather typical knight of this era. He stands astride the slain corpse of the dragon.

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