The Boy David on the Chelsea Embankment
The Boy David on the Chelsea Embankment is a memorial in Wandsworth, Greater London, England. The Boy David on the Chelsea Embankment is situated nearby to Dante Gabriel Rossetti Memorial, as well as near Queens House.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: AndyScott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: WW1 memorial to the Machine Gun Corps
- Also known as: “Machine Gun Corps Memorial on the Chelsea Embankment” and “The Boy David”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Albert Bridge and Chelsea Physic Garden.
Albert Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pretaxrain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. Albert Bridge is situated 460 feet south of The Boy David on the Chelsea Embankment.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Garden
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. Chelsea Physic Garden is situated 1,000 feet northeast of The Boy David on the Chelsea Embankment.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelsea and Sutton Dwellings.
Chelsea
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.
Sutton Dwellings
Neighborhood
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton Dwellings, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in Chelsea, London, U.K.
World’s End
Neighborhood
Photo: Images George Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.
World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.
The Boy David on the Chelsea Embankment
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Wandsworth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48356° or 51° 29′ 1″ northLongitude
-0.16626° or 0° 9′ 59″ westInception
1971Open location code
9C3XFRMM+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4547149938OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q119625652
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Queens House and Chelsea Embankment Gardens.
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