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Built in 1875, the Kanpur Memorial
Church was designed by the architect of East Bengal Railway, Walter
Granville. The church was built in honour of the British who lost their
lives in the war of 1857. 
The complete Church in Lombardic Gothic Style is handsomely executed in
bright red brick, with polychrome dressings.
The interiors of the church are adorned with the monuments to the mutiny,
including several memorial tablets. In the separate enclosure to the east
of the church is the Memorial Garden, approached through two gateways.
Here the handsome carved gothic screen, designed by Henry Yule, stands.
Its centre is occupied by the beautiful carved figure of an angle by Baron
Carlo Marochetti, with crossed arms, holding palons, symbol of peace.
Originally the statue and the screen stood in the Municipal Gardens in
the centre of the city, over the site of the Bibighar well. The memorials
were relocated here after independence in 1948. The Military Cemetery on
the edge of the cantonment contains a number of interesting graves from
the late 19th century. Within the city, King Edward VII Memorial Hall is
noteworthy and Christ Church building, built in 1840 is worth seeing.