Statue of Charles Stewart Rolls Dover UK

John Latter, on May 8, 2007, said:

Statue of Charles Stewart Rolls, co-founder (with Sir Henry Royce) of Rolls Royce motor cars. It commemorates his non-stop flight across the English Channel and back on June 2nd, 1910. Located Dover (UK) seafront facing the sea.

Abridged excerpt from The Pioneers:

Later in the same year (1910) he became the first man to fly non-stop across the English Channel both ways, but his triumph was short lived.

In July 1910 he was killed when his French-built Wright biplane broke up in mid-air. Though he came down from only 20 feet, he cracked his skull. He became Britain`s first aircraft fatality.

This image/photo also appears in the Panoramio Forum.

Also see Dover's seafront bust of Captain Matthew Webb and the memorial to Louis Bleriot, the first man to fly one-way across the English Channel (1909).

John Latter, on October 30, 2007, said:

OTHER DOVER STATUES

In addition to those mentioned in the first 'Comment', these currently include the following but check the "Statue" tag for later additions:

Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay - Co-ordinator of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of predominately British and French troops from Dunkirk between May and June of 1940 (World War II)

Dover's War Memorial - Stands on the south-eastern side of the Town Hall and in front of Maison Dieu House.