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Guards Division War Memorial |
Gilbert Ledward
Singer / Morris Singer / William Morris (London) 1926 |
Cenotaph with at the front five large bronze sculptures, one representing each of the Foot Guards Regiments, standing easy with their rifles above stone carvings showing the badge of each regiment. The statues are modelled on serving guardsmen: Sergeant R. Bradshaw MM of the Grenadier Guards, Lance Corporal J. S. Richardson of the Coldstream Guards, Guardsman J. McDonald of the Scots Guards, Guardsman Simon McCarthy of the Irish Guards (with legs modelled by another guardsman, Lance Sergeant W. J. Kidd) and Guardsman A. Comley of the Welsh Guards.
The other three sides each bear a bronze panel, one to either side depicting military equipment and the one to the rear depicting artillery in action. The statues and panels were cast using bronze taken from German guns melted down after the First World War.
to the glory of god and in the memory of the officers warrant officers noncommissioned officers & guardsmen of his majesty's regiments of foot guards who gave their lives for their king and country during the great war 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. 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 THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THEIR FRIENDS AND COMRADES |
headquarters guards division 1st guards brigade 2nd bn grenadier gds 2nd 3rd bns coldstream gds 1st bn irish gds 2nd guards brigade 3rd bn grenadier gds 1st bn coldstream gds 1st bn scots guards 2nd bn irish guards 3rd guards brigade 1st & 4th bns grenadier gds 2nd bn scots gds 1st bn welsh guards bde trench mortars pioneer battalion 4th bn coldstream gds 4th battalion guards machine gun regiment |
mons · retreat from mons landrecies · marne 1914 aisne 1914 · ypres 1914 langemarck 1914 · gheluvelt nonne bosschen · givenchy 1914 cuinchy · neuve chapelle · aubers festubert 1915 · loos · mt sorrel ..lers-courcelette · morval ypres 1017 · pilckem · menin road poelcappelle · passchendaele cambrai 1917 · bourlon wood gouzeaucourt · somme 1918 st quentin · bapaume 1918 · arras 1918 · lys · hazebrouck · albert 1918 somme 1918 · drocourt-queant hindenburg line havrincourt canal du nord · cambrai 1918 selle · sambre · maubeuge france & flanders 1914-1918 |
divisional troops son 1st life guards cyclist company 2nd life guards & royal horse gds div artillery 61 74, 75 & 76 brigades r f a trench mortar batts r a div amn column div engineers 55 75 & 76 field coys r e div signal company r a s c 11 124 168 & 436 coys mechanical transport company r a m c 3rd 4th & 9th field ambulances detachment r a o c 46 mobile sec r a v c d e t military police |
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