Guards Memorial North West Of Circle Number 4 At The Brompton Cemetery

The Guards Memorial, located north-west of circle number 4 at the Brompton Cemetery, is a commemorative monument built in 1889 by an unknown mason or designer. It features a tall white marble cross on a stepped base, which stands on a two-stage plinth made of grey granite with projecting angles. Surrounding the cross are eighteen trefoil-headed white marble headstones, each with names inscribed using affixed cast lead letters.

On the stepped base, there are oval reliefs depicting the badges of the three earliest Regiments of Guards: the Coldstream, Grenadier, and Scots, along with the inscription 'TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO. To the Memory of / Soldiers of the Brigade of Guards buried here since 1854 / This Cross is dedicated by their comrades/ AD 1889'. The sides of the base display relief badges of the Welsh and Irish Guards. Pyramids of heaped cannon balls are placed over the projecting angles, and gun barrels made of Portland stone extend outward from the centre of each side of the base. The marble headstones, which date from 1889 onwards, list names grouped by regiments. This memorial marks the burial place of many hundreds of peacetime casualties of the Brigade of Guards and is noted for being an imposing and unusual regimental memorial.