Description

PORTSMOUTH

SZ6698NE CROMWELL ROAD, Eastney
774-1/27/151 (East side)
08/07/98 Eastney Barracks, Lumsden Memorial,
at east end of former Parade Ground

GV II

Includes: Eastney Barracks, Lumsden Memorial EASTNEY
ESPLANADE.
Memorial. c1918. Commemorates Brigadier General FW Lumsden,
VC, d.1918. Ashlar. 2 steps with rounded centre on west and
east sides, up to plinth which carries obelisk with cornice
surmounted by pedestal and lion on crown. On one side of
obelisk a bronze relief portrait of Lumsden, and on others
commemorative plaques which record that Lumsden was awarded
the Victoria Cross on 8 June 1917 for having brought in 6
captured enemy guns under heavy fire. The memorial was sited
previously at the west end of the parade ground.

Listing NGR: SZ6658898977

This List Entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on the 6th July 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666713

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)