The park, which attracts around 800, 000 visitors each year, was opened by Field Marshal Viscount Allenby as a war memorial park on August 6, 1923.

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Vandals did the same thing at the Animals in War Memorial in Hyde Park.

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The event, organised by the Bath Blitz Memorial Project, is taking place at Royal Victoria Park's war memorial.

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Work began six months ago on the low energy lighting at six areas of the fort as well as the war memorial at the Great Lines Heritage Park.

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In the small town near the depot, a massive flag in a park across from the local war memorial waved at half-staff.

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