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Title
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Date
1911
Medium
bronze
Accession number
NP25_GE_S004
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
Monmouth Town Council
Custodian
Monmouth Town Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
19th October 1911
Listing date
15/08/74
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
rear of base: W.Goscombe John RA 1911
Inscription description
front: CHARLES STEWART ROLLS / MA F.R.G.S./ A.M.I.M.E.C.H..E / BORN AVG 27.1877 / DIED JVLY 12 1910; plaque two: FUNDED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE HONERABLE CHARLES STEWART ROLLS / THIRD SONE OF LORD AND LADY LLANGATTOCK / AS A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION / FOR HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS / IN MOTORING BALLOONING AND AVIATION / HE WAS A PIONEER / IN BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL / MOTORING AND AVIATION / AND THE FIRST TO FLY ACROSS THE CHANNEL / FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE / AND ACK WITHOUT LANDING / HE LOST HIS LIFE / BY THE WRECKING OF HIS AEROPLANE / AT BOURNEMOUTH JULY 12 1910 / HIS DEATH CAUSED WORLD WIDE REGRET / AND DEEP NATIONAL SORROW.; insised: THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED ON OCTOBER 19 1911 BY / COLONEL THE RIGHT HONBLE RAGLAN C.B./ WILLIAM SAMBROOKE ESQ. / MAYOR; plaque three: THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY / HON. GEOFFREY SOMERSET, 6TH BARON RAGLAN / TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF HON. CHARLES ROLLS 12 JULY 1910 / MONMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL AND THE ROLLS ROYCE ENTHUSIASTS CLUB. / 12 JULY 2010.