| Imperial Camel Corps Memorial | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
 The sculpture in 2015 | |
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| ForImperial Camel Corps | |
| Established | July 22, 1921 (1921-07-22) |
| Location | 51°30′31″N0°07′18″W / 51.508499°N 0.121671°W /51.508499; -0.121671 near |
| Designed by | Major Cecil Brown |
| Burials by nation | |
191 from Australia, 106 from the UK, 41 from New Zealand, and 9 from India | |
To the Glorious and Immortal // Memory of the Officers, N.C.O.s and Men // of the Imperial Camel Corps – British, // Australian, New Zealand, Indian – who fell in action or died of wounds // and disease in Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine, 1916, 1917, 1918 | |
TheImperial Camel Corps Memorial is an outdoor sculpture commemorating theImperial Camel Corps, located inVictoria Embankment Gardens, on theThames Embankment to the east ofCharing Cross station, in London, England. The unit of mounted infantry was created in December 1916 from troops that had served in theGallipoli campaign in the Dardanelles.
The memorial was sculpted by Major Cecil Brown, who served in the Corps, with bronze elements cast byA.B. Burton at hisThames Ditton Foundry. It comprises (considerably smaller than life-size) a bronze statue of a man riding a camel, on aPortland stone pedestal with bronze panels on its four sides. Two bronze plaques list the names of all 346 men who died while serving with the Corps in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine between 1916 and 1918: 191 from Australia on the east plaque, and 106 from the UK, 41 from New Zealand, and 9 from India on the west plaque.[1] The bronze plaque to the south depicts two soldiers running, and that to the north depicts two officers next to a camel. Below the bronze plaque, the north face of the stone plinth bears a dedication:
To the Glorious and Immortal // Memory of the Officers, N.C.O.s and Men // of the Imperial Camel Corps – British, // Australian, New Zealand, Indian – who fell in action or died of wounds // and disease in Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine, 1916, 1917, 1918.[2]
The south face is inscribed with a list of the engagements of the Corps:
Lieutenant-General SirPhilip Chetwode, who was the first commander of theDesert Mounted Corps, unveiled the memorial on 22 July 1921. TheBishop of London,Arthur Winnington-Ingram, delivered the dedication.
The memorial received aGrade II listing in 1958.[4]Westminster City Council restored the memorial in 1999.[5]
