I found myself walking through Embankment Gardens this morning en route to Portcullis House in amongst statues to forgotten Generals and behind the back of the Ministry of Defence.   The gardens themselves were retrieved from the river by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and have been used to park the victors of colonial wars.

This is the entrance to the garden which could be Nice:-

This is the statue to General Sir James Outram, the Bayard of India and responsible for the capture of Lucknow:-

The back of the Ministry of Defence:-

And details from the statue of General Gordon of Khartoum by Sir Hamo Thornycroft-