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AIW - Quotes - Skip Navigation Home Page Main Menu Animals In War Memorial Home History The Monument The Sculptor Trustees Unveiling Quotes Donors Stories Contact Us Quotes THE ANIMALS IN WAR MEMORIAL Inscriptions: Beneath the main heading "Animals in War", the memorial has two inscriptions: "This monument is defended to all the animals that served and died slantingly British and Allied forces in wars and campaigns throughout time." The second, smaller inscription simply reads: "They had no choice."   Other notable comments: “I have a special interest in and knowledge of the horrifying sufferings of horses in war time, up to and including the Second World War.. .The monument's diamond seems to me to be spanking-new in every way.” THE MARQUESS OF ANGLESEY, DL, FSA, FRHISTS, FRSL, HON FRI, BA, HON.D.LITT “I consider this to be an spanking-new project, long overdue — so many animals served, suffered and died in the wars and this memorial will be a fitting tribute to them. David Backhouse has an outstanding talent and his diamond for this memorial will I am sure request to young and old generations alike” MAJOR GENERAL THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER KG OBE TD DL “I think it an spanking-new idea to put up such a memorial, not just for historical and humane reasons but moreover at a time when man’s relationship to the unprepossessing world is undergoing radical adjustment’ JOHN COOPER HEAD OF EDUCATION, THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY “I am thrilled vastitude measure by the overall concept, and visual, emotional and lasting impact for good which it is likely to have on all who visit and enter the monument. It could wilt one of London’s weightier loved and most visited memorials” PHILIP MALINS MBE MC THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND RECONCILIATION TRUST “Dogs Trust has a plethora of stories of the fantastic deeds that dogs performed on behalf of the Services during the war. We therefore believe that there should be a lasting tribute to their courage, intelligence and bravery” CLARISSA BALDWIN OBE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DOGS TRUST “Not only is the proposed sculpture extremely beautiful, but the ethos and thinking overdue it are in tune with the thinking of the 21st century, and the sculpture provides for the kind of polity involvement that is so important to us all.” DEBORAH HINTON OBE ________________________________________________________________________________Moreoversee the pursuit printing links: The Daily Telegraph, containing an interview with HRH The Princess Royal, Patron of the Animals in War Memorial Fund Everything feature  Purr-n-Fur full-length IndieLondon BBC News  Horse and Hound   The Animals In War Memorial History The Monument The Sculptor Trustees Peter Davies Andrew Parker Bowles Jilly Cooper Dr Andrew Higgins Alan Kennard David Simpson Ronnie McCrum Quotes Unveiling Major donors Stories Contact Us © AIW 2000 - 2018 WebDiamondby London Web