Statue of the Viscount Alanbrooke

This bronze sculpture depicts a Field Marshal in military dress standing on a Portland limestone base before the Ministry of Defence building on Whitehall. The figure is positioned among several other military memorials that line this government complex, all facing outward toward the street.

Installed in 1993, this memorial honors a Field Marshal who served as chief military advisor during the Second World War, working closely with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He shaped major strategic decisions throughout the conflict and remained a key figure in allied military planning.

The figure depicts a military officer in uniform standing on Whitehall, where it forms part of the daily public memory of wartime leadership. The statue holds a place among other memorials that mark this area as a center of military remembrance and national reflection.

The statue stands in an open public area directly facing Whitehall and is visible and accessible at any time of day. Because it is part of a cluster of memorials in front of a government building, it can easily be viewed while walking through the area or visiting nearby sites.

The inscriptions were designed by David Kindersley, a renowned letterer who applied traditional craftsmanship to the stone carving, making the written words as much part of the memorial as the figure itself. This attention to detail in the lettering is something most visitors pass by without noticing.