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English Civil War Drummer

Shown wearing the standard attire of the English civil war period. Both Royalists and Parliamentarians had drummers to communicate with troops by coded drum messages. The design of the drums used and the clothing worn were very similar for both factions. Drummers were usually mature men and would carry a sword, but it was not often branded as they did not normally participate in combat. This sculpture stands 60cms tall and is cast bronze as a edition of six, to be made available for purchase. Please contact John McKenna to discuss.

The sculpture opposite is the maquette for a lifesize public sculpture proposal for a historical site at the city of Worcester, more details on the project can be found below.

The English Civil War memorial statue proposal for the City of worcester

The small group concerned with this project wish to see McKenna's civil war statue proposal realised full size in cast bronze on a site in the historic City of Worcester, which has many civil war associations but no sculptural monumnet as such. The proposal is to raise the finance for the statue by public subscription and donate the artwork to the historic city. Details of where to send donations will follow once the project is formerly underway. This could take time as a suitable site for the work is yet to be found.

John designed the civil war drummer statue way back in 1993 and at the time tried to interest Worcester City Council in the artwork. The artwork was liked , see Worcester Evening News cutting below. At the time the Worcester City councillors were enthusiastic about the proposed statue and sought to consider it further but Council funds were not available then and the project could not be financed. This time with enough public support and financial donations the sculpture might be realized as a full size bronze to grace the city of Worcester and mark the areas significant history as a civil war site.

Public subsciption does work albeit slowly, John's project 'Eof:the vision' for the town of Evesham took six years to raise the finance but the funds were found and the project is ready to progress.

The English Civil War Drummer Statue Fund

“I chose a drummer as a subject, as their role in the Civil Wars was more than a musician. They were always educated men, frequently able to speak other languages, and apart from their day to day role in tapping out commands by the drum, they were also sent as emissaries to parley with the enemy, and it was the custom of the age to receive a drummer as a non combatant and arrange truces and an end to fighting. A drummer therefore represents a march towards peace and reconciliation, something that Britain craved after ten years of bitter English Civil War”.

The ‘Friends of the Drummer’ group has come together to raise funds to commission the sculptor John McKenna A.R.B.S to create his unique sculpture in a lifesize bronze to be sited in the City of Worcester which played a pivotal role in the English Civil War. They hope to raise funds by public subscription to commission the creation of the sculpture which will then be offered to the City of Worcester as a gift.

You can help by kindly donating money to the fund directly to the fund bank account details below:

BANK: BARCLAYS, 54 High Street, Worcester WR1 2QQ

SORT CODE: 20-98-61

Accont Name: “The Drummer”

Account Number: 13886689

or by sending a cheque/postal order to the fund treasurer:

ohn Stallard, “Wessex”, 60 The Ropewalk, Nottingham, NG15DW UK

The sculptor will create a very limited edition of the Drummer maquette shown overleaf for purchase by interested individuals, funds from the sale of these he will donate to the public subscription fund.

Please contact the Chairman of the Friends for further information:

Mr. Wm. ‘Bowen’ James, 111 Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2LS