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    Memorial

    Ilkeston - South African War

    The Memorial Plaque

    Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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    Current Location

    To the right of the unused door on the eastern facade., Ilkeston Town Hall, 6, Market Place, Ilkeston, Erewash, Derbyshire, DE7 5RP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 46468 41721

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    14241
    Description
    An oblong wall mounted bronze plaque with a moulded edge and egg and dart border around an oval wreath of oak and laurel sprays in relief. The arms of the former borough of Ilkeston project at the top center of the wreath with a banner inside the top and bottom of the wreath. The inscription is in raised upright capital Roman lettering within the wreath.
    Inscription
    LABOR OMNIA VINCIT/ SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS/ OF THIS BOROUGH AS A TRIBUTE TO THE VALOUR/ OF OVER ONE HUNDRED ILKESTON SOLDIERS AND/ VOLUNTEERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE ABOVE WAR AND AS/ A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY AND THE EMPIRE/ (Names)/ HONOUR THE BRAVE
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    3
    Information shown
    Rank , Forename, Surname, Regiment, Manner of Death, Place of Death, Date of Death
    Order of names
    Rank , Forename, Surname, Regiment, Manner of Death, Place of Death, Date of Death
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    6 November 1986: Town Hall listed Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1280610. The memorial lies within the Ilkeston Town Centre Conservation Area. In 2014 the War Memorials Trust gave a £2330 towards the conservation of numerous memorials in Ilkeston. This included removal for cleaning, corrosion protection, treating corrosion, wax coating, buffing and anti-theft solution applied.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    3 June 1903

    FM Sir John French (Later Earl of Ypres) KP GCB OM GCVO KCMG, Mayor and Mayoress of Ilkeston, South Notts Hussars, Alderman & Mrs. Frank Sudbury

    Custodian
    Erewash Borough Council

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 900mm

    Width: 1200mm

    Depth: c50mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • Local Publication/Booklet 1992 Edwardian Ilkeston, by Ilkeston & District Local History Society, 1992, ISBN 0902165127, contains photograph of unveiling ceremony.
    • Roll of Honour http://www.roll-of-hour.com/Derbyshire/IlkestonBoer.html
    • The Times 4 June 1903 p.4 Report of unveiling by Lt Gen Sir John French and of a speech he made at a public luncheon in the Town Hall before the unveiling.
    • Photo entitled 'General French unveiling tablet erected in memory of fallen soldiers, June 23rd, 1903.' (Note error on date)
    • War Memorials Trust grant for conservation on memorial - https://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1179