Memorial

6th Dragoon Guards (the Carabiniers)

Wall

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Current Location

South-east corner of Gardens, opposite Chelsea Bridge, Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, Chelsea, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London, SW1W 8RH, England

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TQ 28523 77951

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Wall
WMR Reference Number: 12102
Description: Structure of red brick with Bath stone dressings. The screen wall is raised on a three-step stone base, fronted and sided by the black, metal railings that enclose Ranelagh Gardens on the south-east corner. At the centre top of the wall is an emblematic, bronze sculpture, composed of the Colours and Device of the Regiment, with two carbines crossed, and the whole surmounted by a helmet. In the middle centre of the wall is a bronze, bas-relief plaque, which depicts a mounted trooper, holding three horses, whilst his three comrades skirmish a kopje (hill) in the near distance. Directly above and below the bas-relief plaque are panels bearing the inscription. To the left and right of the bas-relief plaque are panels with the inscribed names.
Inscription: [Top panel, above bas-relief plaque]: SOUTH AFRICAN WAR./ THE CARABINIERS/ 1899. - 1902. [Bottom panel, below bas-relief plaque]: IN MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS, N. C. OFFICERS AND MEN OF/ THE VI. DRAGOON GUARDS, [THE CARABINIERS]/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. 1899 - 1902./ ERECTED BY PAST AND PRESENT CARABINIERES./ A.D. 1905. [Left-hand panel, to the left of bas-relief plaque]: DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE./ (NAMES) [Right-hand panel, to the right of bas-relief plaque]: RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY/ PAARDEBURG. DRIEFONTEIN. JOHANNESBURG./ DIAMOND HILL. BELFAST &C/ OFFICERS, N. C. OFFICERS AND MEN/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 77
Died: 77
Information shown: Manner of death, rank, forename initial(s), surname, decorations
Order of names: Panels separated by manner of death, names ordered by rank first, then surname

History

Maker(s): CAPTAIN ADRIAN JONES MVO, Sculptor
MR JOHN LIDDEL, Mason
Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: The construction of the memorial was funded by public subscription.

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6th Dragoon Guards (the Carabiniers)

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6th Dragoon Guards (the Carabiniers)

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