The Royal Naval Division - Horse Guards Parade, London, United Kingdom
N 51° 30.321 W 000° 07.743
30U E 699238 N 5709932
A monument to the First World War that has been moved a few times but now resides in the north west corner of Horse Guards Parade.
Waymark Code: WMC3KJ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/21/2011
Views: 14
The memorial was/is a fountain but it was not working as such the day I was there.
The memorial was moved from Horse Guards and placed in store from the start of the Second World War until 1951 when it was re-sited at the Royal Naval College in Romney Road in Greenwich. In 2003 it was moved back to its original location.
The memorial has several inscriptions:
Centre Front:
"1914 - 1918 / In memory of the Officers and other Ranks of / The Royal Naval Division / who gave their lives for their country."
A faded, blue painted cross sits between 1914 and 1918.
Also on this face is inscribed:
"Salonica 1916
France and Belgium 1916-1919"
On the left side is inscribed:
"Blow out you bugles, over the rich dead / theres none of these so lonely and poor of old / but, dying has made us rarer gifts than gold /these laid the world away. Poured of the red / sweet wine of youth gave up the years to be / of work and joy and that unhoped serene / that men call age and those who would have been / their sons they gave their immortality. / Rupert Brook 1887-1915 / Hood Battalion"
Also inscribed on this face:
Antwerp 1914
Gallipolli 1915-1916"
These two sides also contain carvings of individual unit badges.
To the right of the front centre is a further panel that reads:
"This memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens / was unveiled on the Horse Guards Parade at the / corner of the Admiralty on / April 25th 1925 the tenth anniversary of the landing on Gallipolli"
Beneath this is engraved:
"Removed in 1940, erected at Greenwich in 1951 and reinstated on this site in 2003"
The plinth, obeslisk and water bowls appear to be made from Portland stone. The memorial was unveiled by Winston Churchill. After its re-instatement in 2003 it was unveiled by HRH Prince Michael of Kent.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 04/25/1925
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: British Goverment
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Horse Guards Parade
London, United Kingdom
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