The Crimean War Memorial, erected in central London in 1915, included a statue of Florence Nightingale but not one of Seacole. To this day, there is not a single statue dedicated to a named black ...

This is how the Crimean War heroine Mary Seacole will be memorialised in a powerful 10ft bronze statue by the distinguished sculptor Martin ... at the Crimean War memorial near Buckingham Palace.

The Crimean War brought about a sea change in Britain’s attitudes towards its fighting men. ... In 1861 the collective sacrifice was commemorated with the unveiling of a Guards Memorial.

Call are made for a Crimean War memorial in Sheffield to be restored. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP. We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, ...

The Crimean War memorial when it was situated in the Botanical Gardens. A Sheffield war memorial which hasn't been seen in public for more than a decade is to remain in storage, council chiefs ...

The memorial was built in 1877 on the instructions of Emperor Alexander II in memory of the ... He also mentioned that 2013 is the 160th anniversary of the beginning of the Crimean War, ...

A memorial statue believed to be the UK's first in honour of a named black woman has been unveiled in London. Mary Seacole was a Jamaican-born nurse who cared for wounded British soldiers during ...

A memorial service is to be held for a Welsh Crimean War nurse who worked with Florence Nightingale and was later buried a pauper. Betsi Cadwaladr, from Bala, north Wales, has been adopted as a ...

Opposite the west entrance of Westminster Abbey is a tall marble and stone column, erected in 1861 and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, which remembers former pupils of Westminster School who ...