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    Memorial

    Exeter Cathedral - Boer War

    Exeter Cathedral, 2nd. Boer War - 4 panels.

    Source: Mark Newton

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    Current Location

    North Transept, Exeter Cathedral, 1, The Cloisters, off Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SX 92100 92500

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    25220
    Description
    Two wall mounted, red marble tablets, separated into ten sections with incised inscriptions with white lettering. Six panels on one tablet and a further four on the other.
    Inscription
    DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT/ (Names)/ DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT/ (Names)/ VOL. SERVICE COMPANY/ DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT/ (Names)/ QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGT./ (Name)/ THE BUFFS, EAST KENT REGIMENT/ (Name)/ THE KING'S OWN ROYAL/ LANCASTER REGIMENT/ (Name)/ NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS/ (Name)/ THE KING'S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT/ PRINCE ALBERT'S SOMERSET/ LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Names)/ PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN WEST/ YORKSHIRE REGIMENT/ (Name)/ ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT/ (Name)/ VOL. SERVICE COMPANY/ CHESHIRE REGIMENT/ (Name)/ ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS/ (Name)/ SOUTH WALES BORDERERS/ (Names)/ KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS/ (Names)/ WEST RIDING REGIMENT/ (Name)/ EAST SURREY REGIMENT/ (Name)/ DUKE OF CORNWALL'S/ LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Names)/ PRINCE OF WALES'S VOLUNTEERS/ (SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT/ (Names)/ BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS/ (Names)/ OXFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Name)/ PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES'S (ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT/ (Name)/ ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Name)/ K.O. YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Name)/ THE KING'S SHROPSHIRE/ LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Name)/ THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS/ (Names)/ THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S/ WILTSHIRE REGIMENT/ (Name)/ THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Name)/ SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS/ (Name)/ PRINCESS VICTORIA ROYAL/ IRISH FUSILIERS/ (Name)/ RIFLE BRIGADE/ (PRINCE CONSORT'S OWN)/ (Names)
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    469
    Died
    469
    Information shown
    rank, regiment, decorations, forename, surname
    Order of names
    regiment then rank then surname
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs. Clayton and Bell, of London, Makers

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    30th May 1903

    Earl of Moray

    Dedicated

    30th May 1903

    Bishop of Exeter

    Components

    Tablets

    Made from: Marble - Red


    Condition: Good


    • Western Times - Thursday 06 March 1919 Page 2 Cathedral considering moving the memorial from the South side of the Nave because difficult to read. But described as gold lettering on a yellowish Sicilian marble
    • London Evening Standard - Monday 01 June 1903 Page 2 WAR MEMORIAL AT EXETER. - 460 officers and men, more than half from Deevolshire Regiment.