Erection date: 30/5/1924
Inscription
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Roberts
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Field Marshal Earl Roberts VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD. Born in India 1832. Died in France 1914. Commander -in-chief in India 1885 - 1893. Commander-in-Chief of the British Army 1901 - 1904.
Indian Mutiny 1857 - 58, Umbeyla 1863, Abyssinia 1868, Eushai 1871-72, Afghanistan 1878-80, Burma 1886, South Africa 1900
Unveiled by the Duke of Connaught and we thank Jamie Davis for finding to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling. This is a smaller copy of a statue erected in Calcutta of which there is also a copy in Glasgow. It was considered by G. F. Watts as "the finest equestrian statue of modern times".
Site: Roberts statue (1 memorial)
SW1, Horse Guards Parade
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