{On the large stone plaque at the centre of this sombre memorial:}
Major-General Lord Cheylesmore, GBE, KCMG, KCMO, Grenadier Guards. Born 1848. Died 1925. Soldier, administrator, philanthropist and steadfast friend.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Cheylesmore
Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore. Born London. Chairman of the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Lord Cheylesmore
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Third son of Queen Victoria. After WW1 if y...
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. C...
Walker sculpted the statue, Baker designed the plinth. Unveiled by Baldwin. ...
On site we thought there were only 2 inscriptions but IWM gives the text of 3...
{On the front face:} In memory of our glorious dead. {On a stone panel on the...
Victoria died on 22 January 1901, less than a year after this last visit to t...
The inscription "at call of king . . . Live in freedom" comes from a letter s...
