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The memorial stands to the west side of Horse Guards Parade. The Guards Memorial, also known as the Guards Division War Memorial, [1] is an outdoor war memorial located on the west side of Horse Guards Road, opposite Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom.
The plinth extends from the balustrade of the former Admiralty Extension building on Horse Guards Parade, a military parade ground off Whitehall, the centre of the British government. To the rear and left of the memorial is the Admiralty Citadel, a bomb-proof command centre built during the Second World War. Relief carvings of the Royal Naval ...
The parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St James's Park. It is enclosed to the north by the Admiralty Citadel and the Admiralty Extension building, to the east by Admiralty House, William Kent's Horse Guards and the rear of Dover House (home of the Scotland Office), and to the south by Kent's Treasury building (now used by the Cabinet Office), garden ...
The daily ceremony of Changing The King's Life Guard on Horse Guards Parade. Main article: King's Guard § The King's Life Guard Every morning, the mounted King's Life Guard rides from Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge , by way of Hyde Park Corner , Constitution Hill and The Mall , to take over guard duties in a ceremony at 11:00 am, or 10:00 ...
The barracks are 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from Buckingham Palace, enabling the officers and soldiers of the Household Cavalry to be available to respond speedily to any emergency at the Palace, practice drills at Horse Guards Parade or beyond and conduct other more ceremonial duties.
English: Sir Edwin Lutyens' memorial to the 45,000 members of the Royal Naval Division who died in the First World War, situated on Horseguards Parade, London, next to the former Admiralty Building. Date
Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during ...
The statue is mounted on a Portland stone base and platform, facing north across Horse Guards Parade. The plinth contains the following inscription: KITCHENER/ 1850–1916/ ERECTED BY PARLIAMENT. [3] Behind the statue is a stone screen, against the north face of the wall of the Garden of 10 and 11 Downing Street.