From: The Stamford Mercury 5th June 1908:
"Fifty thousand admirers subscribed for the equestrian statue of Sir Redvers at Exeter - a memorial which, as Lord Wolseley said when it was unveiled, "will remind future generations of Western men of the brilliant services performed by Devonshire's most illustrious sons of this period, and cannot fail to inspire them with a desire to serve our Sovereign in their turn as well and faithfully as Sir Redvers Buller has done throughout his long and brilliant career."
Fifty thousand proud Devonians subscribed to put him where he is. Who would pull him down?
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