Royal Naval Division War Memorial
The Royal Naval Division Memorial is a First World War memorial located on Horse Guards Parade in central London. It is dedicated to members of the 63rd Division killed in that conflict. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the memorial, which was unveiled on 25 April 1925. The memorial was dismantled and placed in storage in 1939 to allow the construction of the Admiralty Citadel in the Second World War. It was re-erected in 1951, in the grounds of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
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The Royal Naval Division Memorial is a First World War memorial located on Horse Guards Parade in central London. It is dedicated to members of the 63rd Division killed in that conflict. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the memorial, which was unveiled on 25 April 1925. The memorial was dismantled and placed in storage in 1939 to allow the construction of the Admiralty Citadel in the Second World War. It was re-erected in 1951, in the grounds of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. When the college closed in the late 1990s, a campaign was established to move the memorial back to its original location, where it was unveiled in 2003. It has been designated a grade II listed building in 2008 and upgraded to grade II* in 2015, when Historic England declared Lutyen’s war memorials a national collection. The division was created by Winston Churchill in 1914 by grouping together sailors, Royal Marines, and naval and marine reservists who were surplus to the Admirality’s sea-faring needs. Although it fought on land, the division was known for its strong maritime traditions, including the use of naval ranks and terminology. After suffering heavy casualties at the Gallipoli landings, it was evacuated in 1916, and transferred to the command of the British Army. As part of the reorganisation, Major-General Archibald Paris was replaced with an army officer, Major Cameron Shute, and several army units were attached to compensate for the division’s maritime losses.
In 1918, the RND formed the initial invasion force for the GallIPoli Campaign, which the Allies hoped would knock out the Ottoman Empire. The following year, it formed the 29th Division, alongside the British contingent of portend and portend, for the invasion of Antwerp and the subsequent Battle of the Bulge. The RND was disbanded in 1918, and the 29 Division was replaced by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, which fought on the Western Front until the end of the war. In 1919, the 1/1st Fusilier Regiment was formed to replace the 29rd Division, and it fought in the Battle of Zeebrugge and the Second Battle of Ypres. In 1921, the 63nd Division was transferred to the British army, and became part of the Western Front. The 63rd Division was disbanded after the Second battle of the Somme, and its commanding officer, Major-General Sir ArchibALD Paris, was replaced with an army officer, Major General Arthur Asquith. In 1922, the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Regiment, the Queen’s Hussars, was formed. The 3rd Regiment, The Queen’s Rifles, was created to fight on the Eastern Front. In 1924, the 4th Division was formed, and in 1926, the 5th Division became the 6th Division. The 6th Division, the 7th Division and the 8th Division were formed to fight in the North African Campaign.
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