Monument to George Kmety, Kensal Green Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 2012. Monument.

Monument to George Kmety, Kensal Green Cemetery

WRENN ID: over-groin-mallow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Kensington and Chelsea
Country: England
Date first listed: 3 April 2012
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

A plain obelisk of Peterhead marble, set atop a battered pedestal, which rests in turn upon a plinth. It is signed 'A MacDonald Aberdeen'. The inscription is the same on all three sides, in English, Latin and Turkish, and reads: Lieutenant General in the Armies of the Emperor of the Ottomans. Defender of Kars, Chief of the Forces in Syria. In whom Hungary mourns a brave commander in her National War of 1848-1849' and concludes with the inscription to the effect that the monument covering his mortal remains was 'erected by command of THE SULTAN'.

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