(G) Line Wall Promenade, City War Memorial

Rock Model 1865

LINE WALL PROMENADE
The promenade and steps were constructed in 1921 during the Governorship of General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien as a Memorial of his regard for the welfare of the people of Gibraltar.

THE CITY WAR MEMORIAL
Raised by public subscription and unveiled in 1923. It records the names of Gibraltarians who gave their lives in the First World War and it is the work of sculptor Jose Piquet Catoli from Barcelona. The figures consist only of a soldier and a sailor, the RAF did not exist at this time. Two Russian Guns stand on either side of the memorial. In 1858, four of these 24 Pounder cannon arrived in Gibraltar from England. They had been captured in the Crimean War and they were presented by the British Government to the people of Gibraltar. The guns were initially mounted on Prince Albert's Front. In 1987, two of the guns were placed in their present location. The two other guns are to be found at the entrance to Alameda Botanical Gardens.

At the south end of the promenade a plaque on the wall of Kings Bastion refers to the Tomb of General Sir Robert Boyd, who served in Gibraltar as Lieutenant-Governor and Governor from 1768 until his death in 1794 at the age of 84 . He designed the King's Bastion and defended it during the Great Siege. His body was buried in a special chamber which he had built in the walls of the Bastion.
In 1571 an aqueduct was constructed which brought drinking water to a fountain located in the corner of the Piazza beside what is now the City Hall. There is still a small ally called Fountain Ramp at that spot. The aqueduct fell into disused and the fountain dried up but was repaired and restored in 1694. The fountain was removed to Castle Street in 1887 where it continued to supply water until the 1960's. In 1967 it was moved again to its present location at the north end of Line Wall Promenade, it no longer functions as a fountain.