Egyptian Campaign Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton, Brighton and Hove

Photograph taken 01 October 2004 © Mr John Washington. Source Historic England Archive ref: 481000

A war memorial in the form of an obelisk put up by the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1888 in memory of men killed during the invasion of Egypt by British Forces in 1882. British troops then occupied Egypt until the Anglo-Egytpian Treaty of 1922. The memorial also commemorates soldiers who were killed during the Nile expedition of 1884-5. This was a British mission to relieve Major-General Charles George Gordon at Khartoum, Sudan.

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Brighton and Hove Brighton

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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The Maiwand Memorial was put up in 1886 in the form of a cast iron statue of an enraged lion. It is 3 times life size. The inscription reads "This monument records the names and commemorates the valour and devotion of xi (11)officers and cccxviii (318) non-commissioned officers and men of the lxvi (66th) Berkshire Regiment who gave their lives for their country at Girisk, Maiwand and Kandahar during the Afghan campaign 1879-80 Read official list description.

Egyptian Campaign Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton, Brighton and Hove

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