| It will be unveiled during the interdenominational service on a new plinth and is the first permanent memorial to the dead. |
| The enormous plinth on which the museum stands responds to a considerable fall-off in grade across the site. |
| Thieves appear to have tried to pull the 3ft-high lion down from its plinth on top of a 12 ft stone pillar. |
| Here, before the altar, sits a glass display case mounted on a wooden plinth. |
| The plinth for the statue will be some two feet higher than originally planned in the interests of health and safety and to prevent vandalism. |
| Agreement could not subsequently be reached as to which hero or monarch should be depicted and the plinth therefore remained empty for 158 years. |
