King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial, situated between The Mall and Carlton Gardens in central London, is a memorial to King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth. Completed in its present form in 2009, the memorial incorporates an earlier, Grade II-listed statue of George VI by William McMillan, unveiled by his daughter Queen Elizabeth II in 1955. The reconfigured memorial, which includes a statue of the Queen Mother by Philip Jackson, relief sculpture by Paul Day and an architectural setting by Donald Buttress and Donald Insall, was unveiled by Elizabeth
Statue of Robert Clive, London 1765. On 8 February, 1907, Sir William Forwood wrote to "The Times" noting that there were no monuments to Clive in London or India, and that even his grave, in the churchyard of Moreton Say, Shropshire, was unmarked. The Conservative politician Lord Curzon supported Forwood's complaint and a Clive Memorial Fund committee was established, with Curzon publicising the fundraising efforts and progress with further letters to the editor of the "Times". The fund raised between £5,000 and £6,000 to erect memorials to Clive in London and India. John Tweed was commissioned to start work on the London statue and exhibited