Memorial

A Forbes

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC4M 8AD, England

TQ 32035 81148

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 11823
Description: In the Crypt, Chapel of St. Faith south aisle, a wall panel with bronze roundel portrait of a man in green marble setting. Bronze with sculpted alabaster man facing directly forwards, with full moustache and wearing a cross-belt. Roundel surround of branches tied at the base with ribbons set on a green variegated alabaster panel with bronze corner pins in the form of florets and a patee cross at the top; memorial inscription below in bronze lettering, and frame of laurel leaves with ribbon ties.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / ARCHIBALD FORBES LLD / WAR CORRESPONDENT / AND MILITARY HISTORIAN / B 1838. D 1900 / THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY HIS FRIENDS / AT HOME AND ABROAD

Memorial

Made from: Bronze, Marble - Green

Condition: Good