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Matthew Cooper

Fighting From Home sculpture honours vital Second World War workers

The Fighting From Home statue unveiled on Remembrance Sunday (Matthew Cooper/PA) -

A monument to those who served on the home front during the Second World War has been unveiled on Remembrance Sunday to honour chainmakers and other industrial workers who supplied the armed services.

The Fighting From Home statue, featuring an Admiralty Class anchor, is the work of West Midlands-based sculptor Luke Perry and has been sited in a churchyard in Cradley Heath, the UK’s former capital of chainmaking.

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