More Info →Scale Model of Memorial Design by F. V. Blundstone - Cenotaph

Description: Photograph of a scale model of one of two proposals produced by the British sculptor Ferdinand Victor Blundstone for a war memorial in The Square, Palmerston North, 1922. A different design by Blundstone was selected for the city's war memorial.

Commissioned by The Palmerston North & Districts Soldiers' Memorial Fund. The Palmerston North & Districts Soldiers' Memorial Fund was established on 9 November 1923, continuing the work of a Soldiers' Memorial Committee which had been operating since 1920. The Chairman of the Soldiers' memorial Fund Committee was Mr F J Nathan, Mayor of Palmerston North, while the secretary was Mr John Permain, Secretary of the Manawatu Patriotic Society.