We Will Remember Them
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old…at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
The Guards Memorial opposite Wellington Barracks, is a cenotaph with five life-size bronze figures sculpted by Gilbert Ledward representing the Foot Guards Regiments - Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots, Welsh and Irish.
Installed in memory of Guardsmen who died in World War I, it was unveiled in 1926 by the Duke of Connaught, the uncle of King George V. The sculptures were made from guns captured in World War I and modelled on real guardsmen. The memorial was designed by H. Chalton Bradshaw, and after World War II an inscription was added to remember those who died between 1939 and 1945.
The Memorial was damaged by German bombs during World War II and during the repairs a small hole was deliberately left in one of the sculptures.
We Will Remember Them
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old…at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
The Guards Memorial opposite Wellington Barracks, is a cenotaph with five life-size bronze figures sculpted by Gilbert Ledward representing the Foot Guards Regiments - Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots, Welsh and Irish.
Installed in memory of Guardsmen who died in World War I, it was unveiled in 1926 by the Duke of Connaught, the uncle of King George V. The sculptures were made from guns captured in World War I and modelled on real guardsmen. The memorial was designed by H. Chalton Bradshaw, and after World War II an inscription was added to remember those who died between 1939 and 1945.
The Memorial was damaged by German bombs during World War II and during the repairs a small hole was deliberately left in one of the sculptures.