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Title
Imperial Camel Corps War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
bronze & stone
Accession number
WC2N_TJ_S101
Acquisition method
paid for by subscriptions from the Camel Corps Contingents
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Westminster City Council
Custodian
Westminster City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
22nd July 1921
Listing date
24/02/58
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
right side of the self-base: Cecil Brown 1920; left side of the self-base: A.B.Burton. / Founder. Thames Ditton; on the relief on the right side: Cecil Brown
Inscription description
inscriptions (on the right-hand side of the plinth): TO THE GLORIOUS AND IMMORTAL / MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS NCOS AND MEN / OF THE IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS – BRITISH / AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND INDIAN / WHO FELL IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS / AND DISEASE IN EGYPT SINAI AND PALESTINE / 1916–1917–1918; plaque at the front (Names of fallen) from the Australian contingent; plaque at rear, (names of fallen) from the British, New Zealand and Indian contingents and from the Hong Kong and Singapore Battery; incised lettering on the left side of the pedestal lists the Imperial Camel Corps engagements 1916–1918