The Maiwand Lion - Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire

The Maiwand Lion - Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire. The statue was named after the Battle of Maiwand and was erected in 1884 to commemorate the deaths of 329 men from the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot during the campaign in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880. It is sometimes known locally as the Forbury Lion

Afghan Afghanistan Anglo-afghan Berkshire Greeley Maiwand Plinth Simonds

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