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Royal Hospital Chelsea - frieze

Erection date: 1692

Inscription

IN SUBSIDIUM ET LEVAMEN EMERITORUM SENIO BELLOQUE FRACTORUM CONDIDIT CAROLUS SECUNDUS AUXIT JACOBUS SECUNDUS PERFECERE GULIELMUS ET MARIA REX ET REGINA ANNO DOMINI MDCXCII
{Latin, and translates as:}
For the succour and relief of veterans broken by age and war, founded by Charles II, enlarged by James II and completed by William and Mary in the year of our Lord 1692.

Site: Royal Hospital Chelsea, Middle Court (5 memorials)

SW3, Royal Hospital Road, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Middle Court

In our photo you can see the Latin text on the frieze to the arcade. The statue faces the building and backs the Thames, and the camera. The Carlos plaque is at the base of the statue. You can see that there are dozens of plaques in the arcade along the whole length of the south-facing façade. These are mainly to individuals associated with the Hospital, many of them former Governors. We collected only the plaque that you can see to the right of the entrance, to those killed at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in WW1 and in WW2.

This is a good place to raise the subject of the orientation of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.  Looked at on a map the strong thrust to the north-west is inescapable - the central axis runs in this direction from the river, through the 'South Grounds', cuts this Middle Court in half, runs through the arch at the centre of the very symmetrical Hospital complex, continues across the private Burton Court into Royal Avenue, finally ending at the Kings Road. This is all that is left (was ever built) of what Londonist calls Kensington's lost triumphal avenue, desired by King Charles II, designed by Christopher Wren. See the Royal Avenue plaque

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Hospital Chelsea - frieze

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Royal Hospital Chelsea

A retirement and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further ...

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King Charles II

Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Char...

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King James II

England's last Roman Catholic king, James II of England but James VII of Scot...

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Queen Mary II

Daughter of James II. Reigned from 1689, jointly with her husband William III...

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King William III (of Orange)

Son of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart (daughter of Charles I)....

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Royal Hospital Chelsea - frieze

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Colonel William Carlos plaque

Colonel William Carlos plaque

{On a marble plaque laid into the ground at the base of the statue of the kin...

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Killed at Royal Hospital Chelsea - WW1

Killed at Royal Hospital Chelsea - WW1

Both the 1918 and the 1945 events caused death and destruction at the north e...

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Killed at Royal Hospital Chelsea - WW2

Killed at Royal Hospital Chelsea - WW2

For more information about this plaque see the page for its WW1 names. The 1...

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King Charles II statue - Chelsea Hospital

King Charles II statue - Chelsea Hospital

Nothing like a gilded statue on a cloudless day. The statue is of brass and w...

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