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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Brecknockshire
- Town
- Brecon
- County
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7074
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Current location
St Mary Street
Brecon
Brecknockshire
Powys
LD3 7AA
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 04555 28511
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Life size statue of the Duke. Friezes of his life on the sides. 9 O'clock face shows the Peninsular and 12 O'clock face shows Waterloo.
- Inscription
- WELLINGTON MDCCCLII/ THIS STATUE MODELLED FROM LIFE/ BY THE LATE JOHN EVAN THOMAS FSA JP/ DEPUTY LIEUTENANT AND HIGH SHERRIF/ OF THE COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK/ WAS PRESENTED BY HIM/ TO HIS NATIVE TOWN/ IN THE YEAR 1856
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Condition
- Duke of Wellington
- WMO ID: 255399
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 13-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660 - 1851 by Gunnis, Rupert P390 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:MURRAYS SALES AND SERVICE CO. 1968 LONDON
- www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
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