Charles
Jagger
was born in Yorkshire in 1885. He studied at
the Sheffield School of Art before moving to London
to study sculpture at the Royal
College of Art (1903-1910).
On the oubreak of the First World War Jagger
joined the Artists' Rifles.
The following year he was commissioned in the Worcestershire Regiment
and served in Gallipoli and on the
Western Front. He was wounded three times
and received the Military Cross for gallantry.
After the Armistice Jagger worked on
several war memorials. This included the First
Battle of Ypres at Horse Guards Parade, the Royal
Artillery memorial at Hyde Park Corner and a Soldier
Reading a Letter on Paddington
Railway Station. Charles Jagger
died in 1934.
Charles
Jagger, The First Battle of Ypres (1918)
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