{"id":70101,"date":"2011-02-05T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=70101"},"modified":"2025-04-21T16:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T15:50:24","slug":"soldiers-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=70101","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers &#8211; 1919"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/soldiers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70100\" style=\"width:728px;height:444px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/soldiers-1.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/soldiers-1-300x183.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/soldiers-1-492x300.jpg 492w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/soldiers-1-150x92.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/soldiers-1-400x244.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Neil Suckling sent the Archive this image which caused much discussion; the query was resolved and now can now reveal all! Eric Johnson advised:\u00a0\u201dIn 1919 a war shrine was given by the Marchioness of Zetland in memory of the dead of the 1914-1918 war. Her Ladyship unveiled the shrine and a dedication service was conducted by the Archbishop of Cleveland. The shrine was at the base of the Town Hall Tower where the present day noticeboard is situated. After the service the buglers of the Loftus Boy Scouts sounded \u201dThe Last Post\u201d. The shrine was removed in 1949 for safekeeping.\u201d Details from Eric Jackson\u2019s book \u201dPeople of the Past in Loftus\u201d. The shrine is now maintained within Loftus Town Hall. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Image courtesy of Neil Suckling, thanks to Eric Johnson for directions to this information.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Neil Suckling sent the Archive this image which caused much discussion; the query was resolved and now can now reveal all! Eric Johnson advised: \u201dIn 1919 a war shrine was given by the Marchioness of Zetland in memory of the dead of the 1914-1918 war. Her Ladyship unveiled the shrine and a dedication service [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-occasions","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79166,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70101\/revisions\/79166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}