Home | War Memorial Saint George
- CountryUK
- Town:London
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Year of creation:1924
- Rider(s):War Memorial Saint George
The statue shows St George, in full Gothic armor, sword uplifted theatrically above the dead dragon, ‘to signify to the world that the dragon is slain and the season of his tyranny at an end’. The statue was erected by the Cavalry of the Empire in memory of comrades who gave their lives in war.
- Sculptor(s):Jones, Adrian
(1845 –1938) was an English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses. He created the sculpture Peace descending on the Quadriga of War, on top of the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner in London. Before becoming a full-time artist, he was an army veterinary surgeon.
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Jones’ composition features St George on horseback with a coiled dragon at his feet, this mounted on a pedestal behind which are stone screens with lists of all the Cavalry Regiments which saw service in World War One and the names of the four Field Marshals who had command of those Regiments. The unveiling took place in 1924. Interesting to note that the bronze statue was cast from guns taken by the Cavalry in the Great War. We learn that much of the armour was copied from the famous bronze effigy of the Earl of Warwick, dated 1454 and that the design for the horse and its furniture was adopted from the picture of St. George painted by Albrecht Dürer.
