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Alan Brooke

Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
1883 - 1963
senior commander in the British Army; Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War
(Wikipedia)

Ivor Roberts-Jones
Meridian Fine Art (London)
1993

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

FIELD MARSHAL
THE VISCOUNT
ALANBROOKE
kg, cgb, om, gcvo, dso

chief of the imperial
general staff
1941 - 1946

master gunner
st james's park
1946 - 1956

On low shallow plinth

MASTER OF STRATEGY

Signature

ivor roberts-jones | cbe ra
cast by | meridian | london

Annotation

Unveiled 25 May 1993 by Queen Elizabeth II.

London - Alan Brooke

Sculptor

Ivor Roberts-Jones (Oswestry 1913- .. 1996), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 43.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 22.

Locatie (N 51°30'12" - W 0°7'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo033; Photograph: 3 August 2014
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