Rifle Brigade War Memorial

Coordinates: 51°29′53″N 0°08′50″W / 51.4980°N 0.1471°W / 51.4980; -0.1471
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Grosvenor Gardens
, Westminster
Central statue on the memorial

The Rifle Brigade War Memorial in

Grosvenor Gardens and Hobart Place near Victoria Station in the City of Westminster, on land donated by the 2nd Duke of Westminster
.

The design of the memorial was inspired by Colonel Willoughby Verner. Construction was funded by the Rifleman's Aid Society.

The memorial has a curved screen and central pylon of

Experimental Corps of Riflemen
was formed.

An inscription on the memorial commemorates the 11,575 men from the Rifle Brigade who fell in the First World War; a later inscription mentions the 1,329 men who fell in the Second World War. All are listed on a Roll of Honour held at Winchester Cathedral.

The memorial was unveiled on 25 July 1925 by the Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifle Brigade, Field Marshal

Chaplain-General to the Forces, Reverend Alfred Jarvis
. The unveiling ceremony was accompanied by an honour guard from the 2nd Battalion, and another of veteran riflemen.

In 1970 the memorial was listed at Grade II; it was upgraded to Grade II* in 2016.

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