Date:1925
Description:The cannon was presented to Newcastle-under-Lyme by Samuel Christy MP sometime in the 1860's, after the Crimean War, as a mark of British victory. It now stands (2023) outside of the Brampton Museum and Art Gallery. The tank was presented in 1919 as part of a national effort to recognise civilian fundraising. For a while, they were symbols of victory but were eventually scrapped in the 1930s and 40s after public opinion fell in the wake of crippling national debt and the spare metal was needed to fuel the war effort of the Second World War. It is believed that the Newcastle-under-Lyme tank was scrapped in 1940.
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Orme Girls' School in Victoria Road with the Crimean cannon in foreground. In ...
Children are here seen playing on the historic Crimean War cannon which was presented ...
The Crimean War cannon is pictured here being removed from its position opposite ...
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The First World War tank and the Crimean War cannon were presented to Newcastle-under-Lyme as remembrances ...
The cannon was presented to Newcastle-under-Lyme by Samuel Christy MP sometime in the 1860's, after ...
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Donor ref:PA 983 (22/48813)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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