What is recorded here
Cenotaph supported by bronze figures of a soldier and a sailor lunging forwards with fixed bayonets, The bayonets were deliberately bent and twisted and when the memorial was cleaned in 1969 soon afterwards they were not replaced.
The Bradford Cenotaph is a war memorial commemorating those from the area who died in World War I, featuring symbolic bronze figures of a soldier and a sailor. The twisted bayonets on the memorial are said to represent the futility and horror of war, and the damage caused during a 1969 cleaning highlights the fragility of such historical symbols.
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