Photograph of a design by London-based sculptor Gilbert Ledward for a memorial in The Square, Palmerston North, circa 1923.
Reverse inscribed, "Panel 6'x5'. 'Gunners' (8" Howitzer). Executed for the Imperial War Museum. Exhibited at the Royal Academy. Dec. 1919-Jan.1920".
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.