HMS Orlando Memorial Bell - Victoria Park - Portsmouth, Hampshire
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HMS Orlando Memorial Bell, or Dagu Bell. A memorial to the sailors of the HMS Orlando in Victoria Park, Portsmouth.
Waymark Code: WMQ2GD
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/06/2015
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"After its arrival in the UK, the Dagu Bell became part of a monument in Portsmouth to sailors who died during suppression of the rebellion in 1900.
Sailors on HMS Orlando took it from Tanggu fort - which guarded the mouth of the river to Beijing."
"The Boxer Rebellion was a peasant uprising that attacked Chinese Christians and attempted to drive all foreigners from the nation.
The sailors of HMS Orlando decided it should be used as part of a memorial to their dead comrades."
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This bell is a replica, the original having been returned to China in 2005.
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