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Title
Major General Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857)
Date
1861
Medium
bronze & light grey granite
Measurements
H 365 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 510 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
WC2_MRF_S011
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
Westminster City Council
Custodian
Westminster City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
10th April 1861
Listing date
05/02/70
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on the front of the statue’s selfbase: BEHNES SCR; on the back of the statue’s self-base: THE STATUE FOUNDRY / PIMLICO.
Inscription description
on the front of the pedestal: TO / MAJOR GENERAL / SIR HENRY HAVELOCK / K.C.B. / AND HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS / IN ARMS / DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN INDIA / 1857 / ‘SOLDIERS! YOUR LABOURS / YOUR PRIVATIONS YOUR SUFFERINGS / AND YOUR VALOUR / WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY / A GRATEFUL COUNTRY’ / H.HAVELOCK; on the front of the foot of the pedestal: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION; back of the pedestal : THE FORCE COMMANDED BY HAVELOCK / CONSISTED OF / THE STAFF / CAVALRY / VOLUNTEERS 12TH AND 13TH ORREGULARS / 3RD OUDE IRREGULARS / ROYAL ARTILLERY 3RD COMPy 8TH BATTln / BENGAL ARTILLERY 2ND COMPy 3RD BATTln / 1ST COMPy 5TH BATTln / 6TH COMPy 9TH BATTln / BENGAL ENGINEERS / INFANTRY / 5TH FUSILIERS 84TH REGt / 54TH REGt 90TH INFANTRY / 78TH HIGHLANDERS 1ST MADRAS FUSILIERS / FEROZEPORE REGt OF SIKHS
