Gurkha Memorial
The Memorial to the Brigade of Gurkhas on Horse Guards Avenue, Whitehall, London, was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on 3 December 1997. This was the first memorial to Gurkha soldiers in the United Kingdom, and was occasioned by transfer of their headquarters and training centre from Hong Kong to London in 1997.- Type: Memorial
- Description: memorial in London
- Also known as: “Gurkha Memorial, London” and “The Gurkha Soldier”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Palace of Whitehall.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Palace of Whitehall
Archaeological site
Photo: Hendrick Danckerts, Public domain.
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire.
Banqueting House
Photo: ChrisO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.
Whitehall
Locality
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Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
Gurkha Memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50509° or 51° 30′ 18″ northLongitude
-0.125° or 0° 7′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV4G+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 25507019OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q18574747
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Indonesian—“Gurkha Memorial” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伦敦廓尔喀纪念碑”
- Chinese: “倫敦廓爾喀紀念碑”
- Indonesian: “Monumen Gurkha”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Royal Horseguards Hotel and Royal United Services Institute.
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