Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial

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A yeoman mounted on a camel, in full marching order. The relief on the right shows an Australian officer dismounted opposite his seated camel, with date palms and a rising or setting sun in the background. The relief on the left shows two dismounted infantrymen going into action.
Title

Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

bronze & stone

Accession number

WC2N_TJ_S101

Acquisition method

paid for by subscriptions from the Camel Corps Contingents

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Westminster City Council

Custodian

Westminster City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

22nd July 1921

Listing date

24/02/58

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

right side of the self-base: Cecil Brown 1920; left side of the self-base: A.B.Burton. / Founder. Thames Ditton; on the relief on the right side: Cecil Brown

Inscription description

inscriptions (on the right-hand side of the plinth): TO THE GLORIOUS AND IMMORTAL / MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS NCOS AND MEN / OF THE IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS – BRITISH / AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND INDIAN / WHO FELL IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS / AND DISEASE IN EGYPT SINAI AND PALESTINE / 1916–1917–1918; plaque at the front (Names of fallen) from the Australian contingent; plaque at rear, (names of fallen) from the British, New Zealand and Indian contingents and from the Hong Kong and Singapore Battery; incised lettering on the left side of the pedestal lists the Imperial Camel Corps engagements 1916–1918

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Victoria Embankment Gardens, Villiers Street, Westminster

WC2N 6BJ