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English: Hoy's Monument. Viewed from the south. On the northern face it reads:-
   In commemoration of the visit
                of 

His Imperial Majesty Alexander the 1st

    Emperor of all the Russias
 to Great Britain in the year 1814 
In remembrance of many happy Years 
    Residence in his Dominions
           This Pillar 
          was erected by
           Michael Hoy

On the southern face it reads

  This tablet was erected by
     William Henry Dawes

Late Lieutenant of H.M. 22nd Reg

In honour of those brave men of
     the allied armies
   who fell on the Alma
       at Inkermann

and at the siege of Sevastapol

         A.D. 1857
see 781861 and 781870
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Author Bob Embleton
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Camera location50° 36′ 23″ N, 1° 18′ 04″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location50° 36′ 26″ N, 1° 18′ 04″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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