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William Slim

Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Bishopston 1891 - London 1970
British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia
(Wikipedia)

Ivor Roberts-Jones
Meridian Fine Art (London)
1990

Description

Bronze statue.

London - William Slim

Inscription(s)

FIELD MARSHAL
THE VISCOUNT SLIM
kg, cgb,ggmg, gcvo, gbe, dso, mc
14th army burma
1943 - 1945
governor general and
commander in chief
australia, 1953 - 1960.

commander in chief
allied land forces south est asia
chief of
the imperial general staff
governor and constable
windsor castle

[On both sides of plinth,
below a bronze star,
inscribed 'THE BURMA STAR:]

Defeat into victory

On low shallow plinth

RANGOON · SITTANG
KOHIMA · IMPHAL · ARAKAN,
CHINDWIN,
IRRAWADDY · MANDALAY · MEIKTILA

Signature

ivor roberts-jones ra
cast by | meridian fine art | london

Annotation

Unveiled 28 April 1990 by Queen Elizabeth II. The sculptor Roberts-Jones had fought in the Burma Campaign of World War II, in which Slim was a commander

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.
London Remembers, Memorials.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 42.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 21-22.

Locatie (N 51°30'13" - W 0°7'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo032; Photograph: 3 August 2014
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