Memorial

City and County of Nottingham - South African War

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Part of statutory address: BOER WAR MEMORIAL NEAR SOUTH WEST CORNER OF FOREST RECREATION GROUND, Forest Recreation Ground, Forest Road East, Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 4HH, England

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SK 56371 41000

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 27491
Description: Three-stepped square base surmounted by plinth and obelisk. Inscription is on the faces of the plinth. Information board is affixed next to the obelisk.
Inscription: Face one: VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS / TO THE MEMORY OF / OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF / NOTTINGHAM / WHO VOLUNTARILY AND PATRIOTICALLY / GAVE THEIR SERVICES TO THE / COUNTRY DURING THE / SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899 - 1902, / AND WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE / NOBLY PERFORMING THEIR DUTY. / THE NAMES OF ALL ARE / RECORDED HEREON WITH THE / REGIMENTS TO WHICH THEY / WERE ATTACHED. / FOR QUEEN, KING AND COUNTRY. / UNVEILED 26TH MARCH 1903 BY / GEN LORD METHUEN, KCB. KCVO, GCB, CB, CMG. / PRESENTED TO / THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM / BY / THOMAS ISAAC BIRKIN, JP, DL // Other faces: (NAMES) // Information board: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE BOER (OR AFRICAN) WAR IN THE 1890s. THE FOUR SIDES LIST FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF SOLDIERS IT WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED AT THE BOTTOM OF KING STREET BUT WAS MOVED HERE IN 1927 WHEN IT WAS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE NEW TROLLEY BUSES. THE OBELISK AND ITS SUPPORTS ARE MADE OF RED GRANITE.

Commemoration

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 83
Died: 83
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Thomas Isaac Birkin JP DL

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26 March 1903

General Lord Methuen GCB GCMG GCVO GCB CB CMG;

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City and County of Nottingham - South African War

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