Memorial
Wojtek the Bear Mascot (Duns Sculpture)
Memorial
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Current Location
Market Square, Duns, Berwickshire, Borders, TD11 3DB, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NT 78581 53888
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- Type of Memorial
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- WMR Reference Number
- 78066
- Description
- Life-size fibreglass figure of a brown bear, carrying an artillery shell.
- Inscription
- (Plaque at foot of statue): WOJTEK/ The Soldier Bear/ Gifted by the people of Zagan/ April 2016 (Plaque on adjacent wooden seat): WOJTEK the Soldier Bear was adopted by the Polish/ Army in 1942 in Iran. He grew up with them, playing,/ wrestling, drinking beer and eating cigarettes./ At the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy in 1944 he/ helped carry shells to the guns./ At the end of WW2 he stayed with the Polish Army/ at Winfield in Berwickshire and in 1947 moved to/ Edinburgh Zoo where he died in 1963.
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Served
- 1
- Information shown
- Name, history, date/place of death
- Sponsor Type
- other
- Sponsored By
- Gifted by the people of the town of Zaglan, Poland
Ceremonies
Unveiled
24 April 2016
Components
- Figure
Made from: Fibreglass
Condition: Good
- Plaques
Made from: Metal
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 279228
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