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Reference WMO/130022

Address:

St James's Park

Horse Guards Road

Westminster

London

SW1A 2BJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The memorial sculptor was G. Ledward with the Architect H. C. Bradshaw. Damage was inflicted upon this memorial during the Blitz. It was determined that this damage would be left as a reminder of what the memorial had experienced and survived. ---------------------------------------------- Westminster Walk: The memorial is made from Portland Stone in the form of a cenotaph. It has 5 bronze figures cast from guns captured from the Germans and were based on particular individuals from each of the 5 regiments. The badges of the various regiments appear below. In WWII the memorial got damaged by German bombing and the figures were pierced in many places by bomb fragments. One of the depicted soldiers had a hole in its left shoulder and it’s cheek. The sculpture Gilbert Ledward suggested, when asked about their repair, that some of these should be left as honourable scars of war. In 1917 Ledward served as a lieutenant with the Royal Garrison Artillery and experienced war at first hand. In 1918 he was seconded to the Ministry of Information as an official war artist. Ledward sculpted several other war memorials in the UK. Sculptor: Gilbert Ledward>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Route: Go into St James’ Park, turn R and at the edge of the park by The Mall find the Royal Artillery memorial. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(from IWM site) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ OFFICERS WARRANT OFFICERS/ NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS &/ GUARDSMEN OF HIS MAJESTY'S/ REGIMENTS OF FOOT GUARDS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE/ GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918 AND OF THE/ OFFICERS WARRANT OFFICERS/ NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND/ MEN OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY/ ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY/ CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS/ ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS ROYAL/ ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AND OTHER/ UNITS WHO WHILE SERVING WITH/ THE GUARDS DIVISION IN FRANCE &/ BELGIUM 1915 - 1918 FELL WITH THEM IN/ THE FIGHT FOR THE WORLD'S FREEDOM (Below figures): THIS MEMORIAL ALSO COMMEMORATES ALL THOSE MEMBERS/ OF THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ AND IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY SINCE 1918 REVERSE: (List of battle honours) SIDES: (List of individual units)

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