Proposed Memorial to Lieut Walter R Pollock Hamilton, V.C Corps of Guides Cavalry (Queen's Own) And those who fell with him at Cabul September 1879
booklet, booklet
Accession Number
NAM.1985-12-17-1
Description
Booklet: 'Proposed Memorial to Lieut Walter R Pollock Hamilton, V.C Corps of Guides Cavalry (Queen's Own) And those who fell with him at Cabul September 1879', 1890 (c). Published as an appeal document to encourage the donation of 2000 guineas to meet the cost of the erection of a bronze version of the statue of Hamilton, based on the plaster one by C V Birch exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880. Contains a full account of the attack on the Residency and Hamilton's death on 3 Sep 1879, and lists the patrons and committee organising the erection of the memorial. Associated with the Siege of Kabul, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).
Events
Kabul, Siege of, 1879 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)
