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Machine Gun Corps Memorial
United Kingdom
For Machine Gun Corps men who died in World War I
Unveiled1925
Location51°30′12″N 0°09′03″W / 51.5032°N 0.1508°W / 51.5032; -0.1508
London, United Kingdom
Designed byFrancis Derwent Wood

The Machine Gun Corps Memorial, also known as The Boy David, is a memorial to the casualties of the Machine Gun Corps in the First World War. It is located on the north side of the traffic island at Hyde Park Corner in London, near the Wellington Arch, an Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, the Royal Artillery Memorial, the New Zealand War Memorial, and the Australian War Memorial.

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