WE SHALL NOT REMEMBER THEM? Fury as Student Union boss vows to DEFACE war memorial.
A UNIVERSITY student union president has sparked outrage by saying she wants to deface a mural which commemorates soldiers who died in the First World War. Emily Dawes, president of Southampton University Students Union (SUSU) has faced a backlash on social media after saying she wants to “paint over” a historic memorial to students who died fighting for their country.
The University of Southampton is due to unveil the Rothenstein Mural which was painted in 1916 as part of their commemorations to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, but Ms Dawes said she is prepared to deface it herself.
The mural is dedicated to students from British universities who were killed while fighting and never got to complete their degrees.
