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I've found a newstory on wigantoday.net: Mesnes War Memorial on the Move, 22nd January, 2008.

"As part of the £3.4m makeover of Mesnes Park, a relocation of the memorial from its current home outside the pavilion to the gateway entrance on Parson's Walk is being considered.
It could mean the statue of the soldier that once stood on the plinth could be making a comeback after more than two decades.

Paid for by public subscription at the turn of the century the weather-beaten soldier was reportedly thrown to the bottom of the park's compost heap some 20 years ago because it had become so run down.

Under the new recommendations the statue could be replaced with a more robust version.

WLCT'S parks regeneration manager Andy Bond said: "This is a recommendation at the moment and it will still be retained in the park in a high profile spot. It's current location wasn't part of the original design. The original design intended a stunning pavilion vista.
"If we could agree on a concept within the overall development and move we would support the re-instatement of the monument.

"But not out of Carrera Marble like before. There would have to be a compromise so that we are replacing the figure with something more robust and in the right location. We would work with people to see what route we could go to find funds."

Work on revamping the park will start in earnest in September with the pavilion and bandstand the main thrust of a multi-million pound plan to reinvigorate the park."