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    Memorial

    Coldstream Guards - Boer War

    Coldstream Guards Boer war memorial

    Source: John Hendry

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    Current Location

    In the south Nave, to the right as you go past the pay station, St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC4M 8AD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 32035 81148

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    11674
    Description
    A gilt bronze relief plaque framed in stone. The main image is of two men of the Coldstream Guards: one, mortally wounded, from the 1st Battalion, lying dying in the arms of his comrade from the 2nd Battalion. Above, as in a vision, is a group of Coldstream Guards of former times watching, with pride and satisfaction, the courage and devotion of their successors in the Regiment. At the back of this group rides General Monck, the first Colonel of the Coldstream Guards. The other figures suggest campaigns in which the Regiment has served, including those of Marlborough, the Peninsula, Waterloo and the Crimea. In the background of the relief is indicated the South African veldt, with distant kopjes, from behind which the setting sun floods the landscape and the figures with splendour. Below the panel, upon a riband, is a Garter star (the regimental badge), the motto 'Nulli Secundus', and the inscription
    Inscription
    (1) on a riband across the bottom of the relief below main figures: TO THE MEMORY OF (names); AND 207 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS WHO DIED FOR THE EMPIRE IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902. ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES. (line breaks not known). 2) small plaque fixed to stone frame : TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFI-/ CERS AND MEN OF THE COLD-/ STREAM GUARDS WHO DIED IN/ THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 1902
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    13
    Died
    13
    Information shown
    surname,rank
    Order of names
    rank
    Maker(s)
    • SIR WILLIAM GOSCOMBE JOHN RA, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    private

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    22 July1904

    General Sir Frederick Stephenson GCB

    Dedicated

    22 July1904

    General Sir Frederick Stephenson GCB

    Custodian
    Accepted on behalf of Dean and Chapter 22 July 1904

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 1525mm

    Width: 915mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Frame

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL by BURMAN, PETER P 165 Source: Image Library NIWM
    • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory Inv no.2518
    • DICTIONARY OF BRITISH SCULPTORS 1660 - 1851 by GUNNIS, RUPERT P 277 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:MURRAYS SALES AND SERVICE CO. 1968 LONDON
    • The Times 22 July 1904 p.8 col.d; 23 july 1904 p.13 col.e
    • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James p.129 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London