Sheffield War Memorial

He had served with the Middlesex Yeomanry and was awarded the Military Cross; the memorial was his first significant public project.

The pole is supported by a 5.3-metre-high (17 ft) bronze base by sculptor George Alexander, cast by the Parlanti foundry.

The bronze base stands on an octagonal plinth of Derbyshire Hopton Wood stone, surrounded by circular paving to form a traffic island.

The memorial was unveiled on 28 October 1925 by General Sir Charles Harington, GOC Northern Command, and it was dedicated by the Bishop of Sheffield Leonard Burrows.

The photograph was published by the Daily Mail's website, generating widespread public anger, and the student identified as 19-year old Philip Laing of Macclesfield, Cheshire.