The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial
The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial
The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial
The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial
The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial
The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial
The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial

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The sculpture commemorates the formation of the Volunteers in 1852, and the knighthood of Sir John Charles Bucknill (1817–1897) in 1894.
Title

The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial

Date

1895

Medium

Dartmoor granite & Portland stone

Accession number

EX4_MH_S082

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Exeter City Council

Custodian

Exeter City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

24th May 1895

Listing date

18/06/74

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Park opening hours

Inscription description

plaque: ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE / THE FORMATION IN DEVONSHIRE IN 1852 / OF THE / VOLUNTEER FORCE OF GREAT BRITAIN, / AS A CONSEQUENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS FROM / JOHN CHARLES BUCKNILL M.D. F.R.C.P. F.R.S. / TO THE / RIGHT HON. HUGH, EARL FORTESCUE, K.G., / LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON / AND THE COUNTY OF THE CITY OF EXETER, / IN RECOGNITION OF HIS / SERVICES TO THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT, / THE HONOUR OF KNIGHTHOOD / WAS CONFERRED UPON / SIR CHARLES BUCKNILL, / BY / HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, / IN 1894.

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Located at

Northernhay Gate, Exeter

EX4 3PU

Sited in the centre of Northernhay Gardens, between the main footpath and the City Walls.