Listed Building: HMS ORLANDO MONUMENT (1387248)

Monument. Early C20. Stone and marble. Solid stone tent roof with ball finial supported by brown polished marble squat columns on white marble base. Elaborate monument in form of miniature Chinese temple. Commemorates the Far East Commission of H.M.S. Orlando 1899-1902. Contains bronze Chinese bell 'taken at the capture of the North-West Fort Taku, June 1890, and brought home by H.M.S. Orlando.' Chinese inscription on bell, the translation of which 'Come pleasant weather and gentle rain. The empire happy, at peace again' is inscribed on tablet below. Inscriptions list those who died during the Commission and refer to the capture of Fort Taku, Trensin and the defence of the legation Peking. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 86; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 456, 457; Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 15). This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 20 July 2017.. Selected Sources Books and journals Berridge, D W , Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth, (1984), 15 Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 86 Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 456,457 Websites War Memorials Online, accessed 20 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/102639 War Memorials Register, accessed 20 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21433