Charles Sargeant Jagger

Charles Sargeant Jagger
Detail from Jagger's Royal Artillery Memorial
Born	17 December 1885 Kilnhurst, Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK
Died	16 November 1934 (aged 48) London, UK
Nationality	British
Education	Sheffield School of Art, Royal College of Art
Known for	sculpture, relief
Notable work	Royal Artillery Memorial, London Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett
Awards	British Prix de Rome, Military Cross
Patron(s)	Imperial War Graves Commission (now Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

Charles Sargeant Jagger MC ARA (17 December 1885 in Kilnhurst, near Rotherham, Yorkshire – 16 November 1934) was a British sculptor who, following active service in the First World War, sculpted many works on the theme of war. He is best known for his war memorials, especially the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner and the Great Western Railway War Memorial in Paddington Railway Station, both of which are in London, and he also designed several other monuments around Britain and other parts of the world.

Jagger was the son of a colliery manager, and was educated at Sheffield Royal Grammar School. At age 14 he became an apprentice metal engraver with the Sheffield firm Mappin and Webb.

He studied at the Sheffield School of Art before moving to London to study sculpture at the Royal College of Art (1908–11) under Édouard Lantéri. Jagger worked as Lanteri's assistant, and also as instructor in modelling at the Lambeth School of Art. He counted among his friends William Reid Dick and William McMillan. His early works dealt with classical and literary themes and were influenced by the New Sculpture movement in the focus on medievalism and on surface qualities. His student work won him a travelling scholarship that made it possible for him to spend several months in Rome and Venice. In 1914 he won the British Prix de Rome.