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Post by fretslider on Oct 26, 2018 4:41:41 GMT -5
The Rothenstein Mural was painted in 1916 as a memorial to members of the British universities serving in the Great War.
Painted in 1916 by Sir William Rothenstein, former Principal of the Royal College of Art, and measuring approximately 10ft X 40ft, the mural was first displayed at the 11th Exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society at the Royal Academy in the autumn of 1916.
It depicts an academic procession and the conferring of a degree on an ‘unknown soldier' undergraduate by the then Chancellor of Cambridge University.
Presented to the University of Southampton in 1959, by the artist's son, Sir John Rothenstein, the work represents a unique piece of art history. It features many key academics from the era of the Great War, including Vice-Chancellors and Chancellors, and the Poet Laureate Robert Bridges.
The Rothenstein Mural is a memorial for students who left to serve in the First World War and never came back.
Enter Emily Dawes, President of Southampton Students Union.
Dawes tweeted
Mark my words, we're taking down the mural of white men in the uni Senate room, even if I have to paint over it myself
The Royal Hampshire Regiment, which students from the university would likely have served with, distinguished themselves in several First World War battles.
The regiment was part of some of the first troops to arrive in France, embarking for France just over two weeks after Britain declared war on Germany in 1914.
Their first engagement was the successful withdrawal to Ligny, where they helped British troops who were already under heavy fire from the German army.
Lieutenant Eric Dolphin described the fighting, “as if every gun and rifle in the Germany army had opened fire.”
Shortly after the battle, after meeting up with the remainder of British Expeditionary Forces, the regiment was part of General Joffre’s decisive counter-attack which put a halt to German efforts to secure a quick victory on the Western Front.
Later in the war, the Royal Hampshire Regiment took part in the Gallipoli campaign which saw more than half a million men on both sides killed.
War records on the regiment showed the men of the Royal Hampshire Regiment were so disciplined despite witnessing the horror that they were picked to be the last regiment to leave.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1036289/student-union-paint-over-war-memorial-outrage
The silly infantile white-hating lefty made a real mistake with this one - in the centenary year.
UPDATE: Emily Dawes has issued a written apology
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The apology is insincere it was deliberately timed for Armistice Day. This is the new left, they make Stalin look like a really tolerant guy.
UPDATE
Petition for Emily Dawes to resign as Student Union President
www.change.org/p/southampton-university-students-union-petition-for-emily-dawes-to-resign-as-student-union-president
Painted in 1916 by Sir William Rothenstein, former Principal of the Royal College of Art, and measuring approximately 10ft X 40ft, the mural was first displayed at the 11th Exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society at the Royal Academy in the autumn of 1916.
It depicts an academic procession and the conferring of a degree on an ‘unknown soldier' undergraduate by the then Chancellor of Cambridge University.
Presented to the University of Southampton in 1959, by the artist's son, Sir John Rothenstein, the work represents a unique piece of art history. It features many key academics from the era of the Great War, including Vice-Chancellors and Chancellors, and the Poet Laureate Robert Bridges.
The Rothenstein Mural is a memorial for students who left to serve in the First World War and never came back.
Enter Emily Dawes, President of Southampton Students Union.
Dawes tweeted
Mark my words, we're taking down the mural of white men in the uni Senate room, even if I have to paint over it myself
The Royal Hampshire Regiment, which students from the university would likely have served with, distinguished themselves in several First World War battles.
The regiment was part of some of the first troops to arrive in France, embarking for France just over two weeks after Britain declared war on Germany in 1914.
Their first engagement was the successful withdrawal to Ligny, where they helped British troops who were already under heavy fire from the German army.
Lieutenant Eric Dolphin described the fighting, “as if every gun and rifle in the Germany army had opened fire.”
Shortly after the battle, after meeting up with the remainder of British Expeditionary Forces, the regiment was part of General Joffre’s decisive counter-attack which put a halt to German efforts to secure a quick victory on the Western Front.
Later in the war, the Royal Hampshire Regiment took part in the Gallipoli campaign which saw more than half a million men on both sides killed.
War records on the regiment showed the men of the Royal Hampshire Regiment were so disciplined despite witnessing the horror that they were picked to be the last regiment to leave.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1036289/student-union-paint-over-war-memorial-outrage
The silly infantile white-hating lefty made a real mistake with this one - in the centenary year.
UPDATE: Emily Dawes has issued a written apology
i2.wp.com/order-order.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DqWl14mW4AAqoZX.jpg?resize=540%2C175&ssl=1
The apology is insincere it was deliberately timed for Armistice Day. This is the new left, they make Stalin look like a really tolerant guy.
UPDATE
Petition for Emily Dawes to resign as Student Union President
www.change.org/p/southampton-university-students-union-petition-for-emily-dawes-to-resign-as-student-union-president
