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6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) Memorial, Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, 2015. Digital photograph from a collection of 555 digital images of military-related sculpture, street names, pubs and institutions, primarily in London. Photographs taken and compiled by Rod Cooper for the development of the ‘Society’ gallery at the National Army Museum, in 2015. Memorial sculpted by Capt Adrian Jones, with mason John Liddel, unveiled 23 June 1906. The memorial commemorates the officers and men of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) who died in the Boer War (1899-1902). Constructed of brick and stone, the memorial includes a bronze relief depicting a carabinier horse holder and three troopers going into action. Inscriptions reference the Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein, Paardeburg, Johannesburg, Belfast, and Diamond Hill.

Kimberley, Relief of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902), Driefontein, Battle of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902), Johannesburg, Capture of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902), Diamond Hill, Battle of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902), Belfast, Battle of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902)