Memorial bench
A memorial bench or memorial seat is a piece of furniture which commemorates a person who has died. Memorial benches are typically made of wood, but can also be made of metal, stone, or synthetic materials. Typically memorial benches are placed in public places but are often also placed in domestic gardens.
Bench in the village of Rhos in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, a memorial to the Primrose Colliery disaster of 1858, which claimed the lives of 14 miners (men and boys) and 7 horses
Class of 1980 Memorial bench near the north trailhead of the Flirtation Walk, West Point, New York
Memorial benches at the Royal Military College of Canada
Memorial seat commemorating the Ulster Defence Regiment at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
Robert Aske Memorial seat in Swainby, North Yorkshire
John Brown 1826–1883 Memorial Bench at Osborne House, Isle of Wight
The Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial at the top of Bridle Path in New Zealand, with the Jane Deans memorial seat in the foreground
Ian Dury memorial bench in Richmond Park, southwest London
Andrew Haswell Green's memorial bench in Central Park, New York City
Walter Lord memorial bench at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, engraved with his books' titles
Memorial bench and plaque dedicated to C. F. Powell at the site of his death in the foothills of the Alps, Italy
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