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Walker's Monument, Derry City, Co. Derry

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 11 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Built from 1826 to 1828, per the DIA
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview of the now empty plinth. Another angle Bing bird's eye view
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The pillar was 90 feet in height surmounted by the statue of Rev. George Walker “of heroic size”(20 feet), with one hand outstretched towards the site of the river barrier/boom. Internally a spiral staircase of 105 steps (The Siege lasted 105 days – the longest in British History) allowed access to the viewing platform on top. The pillar and statue were destroyed by a bomb explosion in August 1973. Only the pedestal remains to this day. A 2010 story on the destruction of the pillar.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Ooh, dating info from that story: Originally, the left hand held a sword, but during a night of storm in the early part of this century the sword was blown down.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    And today, what's left of him.

49th Fighter Group Lockheed P-38 Lighting Richard Bong

from SDASM Archives

  • Gerry Asher said:
    (L to R) 49th FG commander LTC George Walker, 9th Fighter Squadron commander MAJ Wally Jordan, Dick Bong and ?... might be Gerry Johnson?