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The Grade II* listed Link war memorial on Haymarket dates was unveiled on 22nd June 1908. It features a 68ft high hexagonal column on a square base, with a bronze figure representing Northumbria at the base reaching up to a 10ft high bronze winged victory figure NZ2464 : Figure of Victory at the top of the column.

The oldest (and tallest) war memorial in the city, it commemorates the 370 soldiers from Northumbrian regiments killed in the 1899 to 1902 conflict in South Africa otherwise known as the Second Boer War Link

Before restoration it was locally referred to as "The Mucky Angel".

The figure of Victory was removed before the Metro tunnels were driven and reinstated three years later with an entirely new cast bronze body and fibreglass wings.

North East War Memorials Project: Link
War Memorials on line: Link
Imperial War Museum Register: Link