Anglo-Belgian Memorial, London

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The Anglo-Belgian Memorial, also known as the Belgian Gratitude Memorial, Belgian Refugees Memorial, or the Belgian Monument to the British Nation, is a war memorial on

First World War, and in particular for sheltering thousands of Belgian refugees who fled from the war. It is a Grade II* listed building

.

Plans for a Belgian war memorial in London were proposed by a group of Belgians in 1916, to be funded by public subscription. The memorial was designed by Sir

A.B. Burton at the Thames Ditton Foundry

. It depicts a Belgian woman, accompanied by a boy and a girl carrying garlands of flowers. The bronze stands on a stone plinth which bears the inscription, "To the British nation from the grateful people of Belgium, 1914–1918".

The central group is sheltered by a curved screen wall of

Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, East Flanders and West Flanders

.

Vandals damaged the memorial in July 1920, while it was under construction, and for a time it was guarded by a nightwatchman. It was unveiled by

Anglo-Belgian Memorial was erected in Brussels in 1923, designed by British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger

.

The memorial became a Grade II listed building in 1970, and was upgraded to Grade II* in 2014.