A bronze statue of Buller astride his horse 'Biffen'. The statue faces away from Crediton, Buller's birthplace, which was said to have annoyed people in the town at the time. General Sir Redvers (pronounced 'Reevers') Buller is one of the few people to have been present at the unveiling of a statue depicting themselves. Although he was a soldier of undoubted courage and unusual physical strength, his ability as a commander was increasingly questioned at the beginning of the twentieth century. He was dismissed from his command in 1901 after he broke King's Regulations by defending his tactics at a public lunch. The people of the West Country expressed their support and admiration for his philanthropy by erecting the statue. Later historians have suggested that Buller was a scapegoat for the faults of the army at the time.