This 1920 bronze sculpture of Viscount Garnet Wolseley is by sculptor Sir William Goscombe John. It depicts Wolseley in full military uniform astride his horse. It would seem to be life-sized or a bit larger and is set of a stone plinth approximately 8 foot high with an inscription:
"FIELD MARSHAL
VISCOUNT WOLSELEY
K.P.. G.C.B.. O.M..G.C.M.G.
1833 - 1913
COMMANDER - IN -CHIEF
OF THE BRITISH ARMY
1895-1900" The rest of the inscription list conflicts...some of which are no longer easily readable.
Wikipedia (
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"Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada, and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign (1873–1874) and the Nile Expedition against Mahdist Sudan in 1884–85. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1895 to 1900. His reputation for efficiency led to the late 19th-century English phrase "everything's all Sir Garnet", meaning "all is in order."'
and
"Rank Field Marshal
Commands held Quartermaster-General to the Forces
Adjutant-General to the Forces
Commander-in-Chief in Ireland
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Irish Regiment
Battles/wars Second Burmese War
Crimean War
Siege of Sevastopol
Indian Mutiny
Siege of Lucknow
Capture of Lucknow
Second Opium War
Third Battle of Taku Forts
Fenian raids
Red River Rebellion
Third Anglo-Ashanti War
Anglo-Zulu War
1882 Anglo-Egyptian War
Battle of Tel el-Kebir
Mahdist War
Nile Expedition
Awards Knight of the Order of St Patrick
Member of the Order of Merit
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Volunteer Decoration
Other work Governor of the Gold Coast
Governor of Natal and Transvaal"