Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Charing Cross
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858), Non-Combat Deaths
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10 April 1861
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11543
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Current location
The memorial is located at the south east corner of Trafalgar Square.
Trafalgar Square
Charing Cross
City Of Westminster
Greater London
WC2N 5DX
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30054 80442
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Havelock stands with his left hand on his sword and right hand partially in his belt. He wears a cloak across his shoulders which is caught back over his right shoulder.
- Inscription
- TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR. H. HAVELOCK, K.C.B., AND HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN INDIA SOLDIERS - YOUR LABOURS, YOUR PRIVATIONS, YOUR SUFFERINGS, AND YOUR VALOUR WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY. - H. HAVELOCK (Rear face enumerates forces commanded by Havelock.)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Havelock, Henry
See details - Commemorations
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: Undefined
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Dartmoor - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Pedestal
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Havelock#Statue_in_Trafalgar_Square
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Sir H Havelock Published:Oxford University Press 2004
- Illustrated London News 13 Ap.1861, p. 336; 20 Ap.1861 pp.362-363
- DICTIONARY OF BRITISH SCULPTORS 1660 - 1851 by GUNNIS, RUPERT PP 45 - 48 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:MURRAYS SALES AND SERVICE CO. 1968 LONDON
- LONDON STATUES: A GUIDE TO LONDONS OUTDOOR STATUES AND SCULPTURE by BYRON, A P 138 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:CONSTABLE 1981 LONDON
- LONDON'S OPEN AIR STATUARY by GLEICHEN PP 9-10 Source: Image Library Published:LONGMAN'S, GREEN & CO 1928 LONDON
- Historic England: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1217599
- London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/havelock-statue
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