4. Captain Cook. A man who helped open up the world for humanity in general, but also for us so that we could go and take over bits of it.
5. Nelson in (rather static) action at the Battle of St Vincent, 1797.
6. Nelson in (equally static) action at the Battle of Copenhagen.
7. Nelson (again rather statically, but at least in this case, that’s fair enough) dying at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.
8. Wellington surrounded by his men. Though fortunately for us (and unfortunately for Napoleon) he had more than just the four of them when he was on campaign.
9. The cost of war. The memorial to those soldiers of the Brigade of Guards killed in the Crimean War, 1853–56.
10. General Sir Charles James Napier, who spent quite a lot of time roaming India, fighting and killing people, and who took control of Sindh.
11. Field Marshal John Fox Burgoyne. One of those Victorian soldiers who had a career that included fighting under Wellington in Spain, fighting in America in the war of 1812 and commanding assorted things in the Crimean War. Not a figure today who most people are going to remember. Still he’s got himself a statue.
12. Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White. Another Victorian soldier with a long career that included fighting in Afghanistan, Burma and South Africa. He even got the Victoria Cross for bravery in Afghanistan.
13. Colin Campbell, Field Marshal Lord Clyde. Yes, yet another Victorian field marshal. We had quite a few of them in those days. This one’s CV featured lots of wars, including crushing the 1823 Demerara slave rebellion and defeating the Indian rebellion. Today his statue has a base that’s peppered with indentations from a bomb and doesn’t include a death date. I think we can assume he has died, so that has gone missing somewhere over the years.
14. The world according to the Albert Memorial – Africa.
15. The world according to the Albert Memorial – Asia.
16. The world according to the Albert Memorial – The Americas.
17. The world according to the Albert Memorial – Europe.
18. Robert Napier, Lord Napier of Magdala, who brought elephants from India (as well as a large, well-equipped army) to invade Ethiopia.
19. Gordon of Khartoum. He looks pensive. Considering how it was all going to end for him at Khartoum, maybe that’s fair enough.
20. Britannia looking out over London and the world.
21. With a considerably less grand spot than Nelson in Trafalgar Square, but still commemorating the might of British sea power into the twentieth century, a bust of Jellicoe.
22. Like the units themselves, memorials to units from the First World War come in many forms and sizes. The Imperial Camel Corps ride forward.
23. Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, named after the scene of his greatest triumph.
24. The cost of war. The Guards Memorial, by Horse Guards Parade, London.
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