Statue of Achilles
This memorial commemorates Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and his brave companions in arms in the Napoleonic Wars. It is cast from cannon taken in the victories of Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse and Waterloo.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Richard Croft
Nearby
Museum
- Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum - London
- Science Museum - London
- Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms - London
Point of interest
- Former Office Netherlands Publishing Company - London
- Leconfield House - London
- Club Netherlands House - London
Monument
- Memorial Cavalry of the Empire - London
- Machine Gun Corps Memorial - London
- Equistrian Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - London
Cemetery
- Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey - London
- Graves Westminster Abbey - London
- Commonwealth War Grave Savoy Chapel - Westminster (London)
Remembrance Stone
Fortification
- Pillbox Clapham Junction - Battersea
- Pillbox Clapham Junction - Battersea
- Pillbox Clapham Junction - Battersea
Crash site
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