Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Bracknell
Town
Sandhurst
County
Berkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
Maker
COUNT VICTOR GLEICHEN PRINCE OF HOHENLOE (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 13th January 1883
    Attended by: HRH Prince of Wales KG
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11884

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Current location

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Capper Road
Sandhurst
Bracknell
Berkshire
GU15 4PQ
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 86453 60927
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • NORTH END OF ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY GREEN
    Former Royal Military Academy
    Woolwich
    Greenwich
    Greater London
    SE18
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TA 430 790
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Depicts the Prince in Patrol jacket and Wellington Boots, bare-headed with left hand on sword hilt and field glasses in right hand. Sub pedestal at each corner surmounted by a bronze French Eagle. Front pedestal bears the monogram N wiotin a wreath, above which a Coronet.
Inscription
LOUIS BONAPARTE PRINCE IMPERIAL (1856 - 1879)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of death,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: height 3657mm
    Materials: Granite - Red
  • Figure
    Measurements: height 2743mm
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Site: £3900.00

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Reference
  • LONDON'S OPEN AIR STATUARY by GLEICHEN 210 Source: Image Library Published:LONGMAN'S, GREEN & CO 1928 LONDON
  • LONDON'S IMMORTALS:THE COMPLETE OUTDOOR COMMEMORATIVE STATUES by BLACKWOOD, JOHN 349 Source: Image Library Published:SAVOY PRESS LTD 1989 LONDON & OXFORD
  • Carter Postcard Collection

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