Memorial

Cannon Hill Park Boer War Composite

Source: Copyright Stephen Hartland

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Current Location

Within formally laid out gardens closer to the northern end of the park and to the east of the Canoe Pool, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 9QA, England

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SP 06828 83930

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 17351
Description: Light grey stone base surmounted by tapering pedestal and sculpture of a female figure, gun carriage and two soldiers. The three figures - symbolic of Peace, Courage, and Endurance - sit on a decorative plinth with a curved wall. Bronze bas-relief on the front face and name panels on the other three faces of the pedestal. Figures are of two soldiers in heroic pose who flank a gun carriage in the centre. Above them stands a female figure representing peace. On her left arm she supports a shield bearing the City Arms and an olive branch. In her right hand she held a wreath but this is now missing. On the front of the pedestal the relief shows two classical female figures representing grief and sympathy holding wreaths and supporting a shield with inscription. There are four bronze plaques on the sides of the base, one of which is a bas-relief plaque representing Grief and Sympathy with the three plaques containing dedication and list of the fallen.
Inscription: TO / THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE / SONS OF BIRMINGHAM / WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902 / AND TO PERPETUATE / THE EXAMPLE OF ALL WHO / SERVED IN THE WAR / THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED / BY THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS

Commemoration

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 521
Died: 521

History

Maker(s): ALBERT TOFT, Sculptor
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: 2012 Restoration Cost: quoted £35,644 with £8,000 funding from Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and a possible £12,000 funding from Edward Cadbury Trust, William A Cadbury Trust 1903 Birmingham Daily Mail raised £2,000 for the memorial for the 521 fallen soldiers
Maintenance History: 2012: restored, quote given totalling £35,644 which included the treatment of the granite plinth (re-pointing, cleaning, fixing damaged / loose stones, & replacement of wreath and rifle motifs) and treatment of the bronze sculpture / plaques (cleaning, treatment of cracks with bronze-bearing resin, & application of microcrystalline wax barrier)

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Cannon Hill Park Boer War Composite

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Cannon Hill Park Boer War Composite

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

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