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Field Marshal Alexander of Tunis

Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
London 1891 - Slough 1969
British Army officer who served in both the First World War and the Second World War; later Governor General of Canada.
(Wikipedia)

James Walter Butler
Meridian Fine Art (London)
1985

London / Field Marshal Alexander of Tunis

Description

Bronze statue of Earl Alexander wearing an old, battered flying jacket, as he did during the Italian campaign, 1943-45.

Inscription(s)

field marshal the earl
alexander of tunis
1891 - 1969
colonel irish guards

Signature

james butler r.a. 1985
meridian bronze london

Sculptor

James Walter Butler RA (London 1931), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 110.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 292-293.
London Remembers, Memorials.

Location (N 51°30'1" - W 0°8'8")

Item Code: gblo228; Photograph: 18 March 2019
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