Frederick Brook Hitch

Frederick Brook Hitch was a British sculptor, the son of the architectural sculptor Nathaniel Hitch. He attended the Royal Academy Schools and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He lived in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.

War memorials

Images of the National Submarine War Memorial

Place	Location	Notes and References
The RSPCA Animals Memorial Dispensary	Kilburn, North West London	Brook Hitch executed a relief for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Animals Memorial Dispensary in Kilburn, North West London. The clinic was opened on 10 November 1932, although it had been treating animals for 13 months prior to that date. Brook Hitch had won a competition for the best design, this competition having been run by the RSPCA and the Royal [British Society of Sculptors]. The bronze relief covers every type of animal which saw action and gave service; horses, mules, oxen, dogs, elephants, camels and pigeons. The plaques record that 484,143 horses, mules, camels and bullocks were killed by enemy action, disease or accident, and that 725,216 animals were treated by the RSPCA during the First World War.

Other works: public statues

A statue of Captain Matthew Flinders on North Terrace, Adelaide.
Statue of Sir Ross Smith in the Creswell Gardens, near Adelaide Oval.
The bronze statue of the hymn-writer Charles Wesley at the Methodist chapel in Bristol. Charles Wesley was the younger brother of John Wesley. He composed about 9,000 hymns during his lifetime, such as "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" and "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing". The Brook Hitch bronze statue stands in the back courtyard of the Methodist chapel and has the motif "O let me commend my Saviour to you".
Statue of Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson] in Portsmouth. This was erected in 1951, originally in Pembroke Gardens, Southsea, but moved to the Portsmouth Grand Parade in 2005.
A statue of Sir Robert de Mantell in the grounds of Beeleigh Abbey in Essex. Sir Robert de Mantell was the founder of Beeleigh Abbey.

Exhibitions

Brook Hitch exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1906 to 1947. Until 1914, his exhibits were mostly classical subjects. In 1917 he showed a medal commemorating the Victory of Jutland Bank. Thereafter he exhibited portraits, with the exception of a work entitled Grief, shown in 1924. In 1926 Hitch submitted maquettes in the competition for the award of the National [War Memorial (Canada)|Canadian National War Memorial] in Ottawa. Although he was not awarded the commission, his design was shown at the Royal Academy in 1926.