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910: The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces

1971: George Harrison at the Concert for Bangladesh

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It happened today – this day in history – August 1

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30BC: Marc Antony (Marcus Antonius) commits suicide aged 53. 10BC: Birth of Emperor Claudius (Tberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus). 527: Justinian I

The statue at Southend Council offices

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Soldier statue installed at Southend Council as tribute to First World War heroes

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A STATUE of a First World War soldier has been installed inside the offices of Southend Council. The fibreglass figure

How the proposed memorial could appear

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Southend Council to remember the end of Great War with bronze statue

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A bronze statue of a soldier is to be placed in front of Southend’s Cenotaph War Memorial to commemorate 100