Memorial

Field Marshal Earl Roberts VC

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Current Location

Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Glasgow, Glasgow, G3 6BQ, Scotland

NS 57316 66483

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 54682
Description: Bronze equestrian statue of Lord Roberts. On a plinth with relief carvings of soldiers and horse-drawn wagons, and the figure of Victory (front) and War (back) representations of six decorations between the list of campaigns on the plinth and the quotation.
Inscription: (north face)FIELD MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS/ OF KANDAHAR PRETORIA AND/ WATERFORD V.C. K.G. K.P./ G.C.B. O.M. G.C.S.I G.C.I.E./ Born in India/ 30th September 1832/ Died in France while on a visit to the/ troops engaged in the Great War/ 14th November 1914 (south face)INDIAN MUTINY UMBEYLA/ ABYSSINIA LUSHAI AF(G)HANISTAN/ BURMAH SOUTH AFRICA/ "I seem to see the gleam in the near distance/ of the weapons and accoutrements of this army/ of the future, this Citizen Army, the warder of/ these islands, and the pledge of the peace and/ of the continued greatness of this Empire"/ Extract from Lord Roberts' speech/ in Glasgow on 6th May 1913

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death,place of death,manner of death,decorations

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank, date of deathwatch,place of death,manner of death,decorations