Royal Naval Division - WWI

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Reference WMO/111762

Address:

Admiralty Building

Horse Guards Parade

Westminster

SW1A 2AH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Drinking fountain
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: It is a water fountain, on a square plinth, constructed of an obelisk from which water issues. On the base of the memorial are badges of different units alongside an inscription. Historically was located on this site, then moved to Greenwich before returning here in 2003 Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens,------------------------------------------------- Westminster Walk: The Royal Naval Division was formed in 1914 by the then First Sea Lord (Winston Churchill), and fought in Antwerp, Gallipoli and the Western Front and was disbanded in 1919. It was made up of surplus reserves of the Royal Navy who were not needed at sea. The Division was initially made up of 8 battalions named after famous British naval commanders (Anson, Benbow, Collingwood, Drake, Hawke, Hood, Howe, Nelson) and the Royal Marine Brigade of 4 battalions named after their ports (Deal, Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth). The positioning of an obelisk (which in early Egyptian times was a symbol of the sun god Ra and said to be a petrified ray of the sun) in a fountain (which has been used to symbolise birth or eternity) are an interesting combination. The memorial has been moved to the Royal Naval College in Greenwich but returned here in 2003. It includes words from the poet Rupert Brooke’s poem “1914.III.The Dead”. He died on active service with the Royal Naval Division in the Dardenelles in 1914. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Route: Proceed back through the archway to Whitehall, turn L cross the road to find Horse Guards Avenue at the first road junction find the Gurkha memorial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SALONICA 1916 FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1916-1919/ 1914 - 1918 IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS OF THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION ANTWERP 1914 GALLIPOLI 1915-1916/ BLOW OUT YOU BUGLES, OVER THE RICH DEAD/ THERE'S NONE OF THESE SO LONELY AND POOR OF OLD/ BUT, DYING HAS MADE US RARER GIFTS THAN GOLD/ THESE LAID THE WORLD AWAY: POURED OUT THE RED/ SWEET WINE OF YOUTH; GAVE UP THE YEARS TO BE./ OF WORK AND JOY, AND THAT UNHOPED SERENE/ THAT MEN CALL AGE: AND THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN/ THEIR SONS, THEY GAVE THEIR IMMORTALITY. THIS MEMORIAL DESIGNED BY SIR EDWIN LUTYENS/ WAS UNVEILED ON THE HORSE GUARDS PARADE AT THE/ CORNER OF THE ADMIRALTY ON/ APRIL 25TH 1925 THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF/ THE LANDING OF GALLIPOLI/ REERECTED ON THIS SITE 1951

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