Erection date: 17/7/1930
{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...
Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who unveiled this later became George VI. Also present were the L...
The group of names on the back of the monument headed "Additional Names, 1915 – 1918" gives a sense of the difficulties of managing so ma...
28 victims are buried here; another 6-11 victims (numbers differ between sources) were buried elsewhere. Of these 28, 12 were children (b...
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Brixton in the decorative gothic style and is Grade II listed. ...
