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Statue

Wolseley statue

Erection date: 24/6/1920

Inscription

{On the front of the plinth:}
Wolseley

{On the back of the plinth:}
Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley, KP, CGB, OM, GCMG, 1833 - 1913, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1895 - 1900.
Burmah 1852 - 3
Crimea 1854 - 5
Indian Mutiny 1857 - 9
China 1860 - 1
Red River 1870
Ashanti 1873 - 4
South Africa 1879
Egypt 1882
Soudan 1884 - 5. 

Unveiled by the Duke of Connaught. of the unveiling.

Site: Wolseley statue (1 memorial)

SW1, Horse Guards Parade

We thank Jamie Davis for finding to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wolseley statue

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Field-Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Garnet Joseph

Field Marshal.  Born Dublin.  Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Born Arthur William Patrick Albert, the seventh child and third son of Queen ...

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Sir William Goscombe John

Born in Cardiff as William Goscombe John but he adopted Goscombe. He travelle...

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