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    Memorial

    Major General J Wolfe statue

    Source: Copyright Peter Alhadeff

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    Current Location

    The Green, Market Square (A25), Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN16 1AZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 44670 54027

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    Type of Memorial
    Sculptured / Cast figure
    WMR Reference Number
    62175
    Description
    Statue of a figure with a raised sword set on a square plinth with bulbous lower half. All is set on a square base with surrounding paved area.
    Inscription
    MAJ GEN /JAMES WOLFE/ born at/ WESTERHAM/ Jan the 2/ 1727/ died at the battle of/ QUEBEC/ The 13th September/ 1759
    War
    Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, date of death, place of death, place of birth.
    Maker(s)
    • FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD, Sculptor

    Costs
    c£1,200
    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    2 January 1911

    FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL ROBERTS VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE

    Dedicated

    2 January 1911

    Bishop of Chichester,Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Components

    Figure

    Made from: Lead


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Kent by Mee, Arthur A. Mee. (1936) pp 470-471.
    Geograph http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2029137 and 2007498
  • Buildings of England series by Various West Kent and the Weald (1980) p596 '...the "clou" of the town. Lead on a bulgy stone base. Wolfe, in a cocked hat, awkwardly brandishes his sword. Something slicker would not have fitted so well.'
  • The Times 6 Jan. 1910 p.12. W Birnie Rhind, ARA, had submitted a model of the proposed statue.
  • The Times 11 Mar. 1910 p.11;13 Sep. 1910 p.7;31 Dec. 2010 p13; 3 Jan. 1911 p.6;5 May 1911 p.5
  • Illustrated London News 7 Jan. 1911 p.3 Photograph of unveiling ceremony