Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast figure
District
Welwyn Hatfield
Town
North Mymms
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
67033

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Current location

At the time of the incident
the RVC was planning a new equine hospital. Funds donated by the public for the care of him and the other horses’ involved were donated to the RVC’s equine hospital appeal as the Royal Army Veterinary Corps did not need the funds to care for the horses. The hospital was therefore called the Sefton Hospital. After 25 years a new hospital was built and the bronze of Sefton stands on the site of the old hospital.
The Royal Veterinary College
Hawkshead Lane
North Mymms
Welwyn Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 7TA
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 23695 03226
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Life-size bronze sculpture of Sefton the Household Cavalry horse who survived terrible injuries in the July 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park in which four men and seven horses died.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Undefined
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Commissioned by the Royal Veterinary College and funded by its Honorary Fellow Lord Ballyedmund O.B.E.
Responsibility
Royal Veterinary College
Reference

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