Erection date: 1922
{On both sides of the plinth:}
Field-Marshal Sir George Stuart White, V.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O. Born 1835. Died, 1912.
W1, Portland Place
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir George White
British field marshal, who conducted the defence of Ladysmith during its sieg...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir George White
Sculptor. Born Glasgow. Good friend and associate of Rodin. Also by Tweed is ...
Sculpted by Kathleen Scott, his widow. There is a replica, in Christchurch, New Zealand, carved in marble, white as the Antarctic.
Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Plowright. The list of "principal contributors" has some surpr...
The statue is a copy of one at Cassel, France. It was given by France and unveiled by the then Prince of Wales, who can be seen doing exa...
Unveiled by Charles and Camilla, due to the Welsh connection?
A resin version of this statue was temporarily installed in Trafalgar Square on the 'fourth plinth' on 4 November 2009.
