Ledbury’s Mosaic Infantryman
No drama is illustrated
Within the mosaic,
No thirst for enemy blood is sated,
Merely the gaze of the stoic…
No Roman legionary is feted
Within the mosaic,
No slaying of enemies is demonstrated,
Merely the aura of the heroic…
The infantryman stands removed from a trench
Within the mosaic,
Poignant, seeing beyond death’s stench
In humility, with a countenance prosaic…
Pete Ray
August 2020
Ledbury’s war memorial shows not only a soldier in the tesserae of its mosaic but also a sailor, plus an image of a World War II pilot formed of four tiles.
The whole memorial has been refurbished and looks so effective in the main street…
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