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    Memorial

    Haileybury College-Boer War

    Haileybury College Boer War - south-facing

    Source: Jeremy Bartlett

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    Current Location

    In college grounds, visible from the road, HAILEYBURY COLLEGE, London Road, Hertford Heath, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG13 7NU, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 35549 10634

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    32062
    Description
    Obelisk on a high pedestal standing on six steps. Four cartouches on each side of the pedestal have the names of sixteen battles. The decoration is all in bronze. Below the cartouches is the School Crest and round the base the School motto. Swags hang from cannon balls at the base of the pedestal and four trusses support the angles with cherubs heads in helmets. On each of the four sides are oval bronze shields with inscriptions. Ball tops the obelisk.
    Inscription
    [3 O'CLOCK] STA PUER/ET REVOCANS/QUOS ABSTULIT/AFRICA FRATRES/VIVERE PRO/PATRIA DISCE/MORIQUE/TUA/ (6 O'CLOCK) SOUTH/AFRICA/MDCCCIC/MCMII (9 O'CLOCK) HAILEY/BURIENSIBUS/IN AFRICA PRO/PATRIA/MORTUIS/HAILEYBURIA/FILIORUM/MEMOR (12 O'CLOCK) SOUTH/AFRICA/MDCCCIC/MCM11
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Maker(s)
    • Farmer and Brindley, Mason

    • Sir Reginald Blomfield RA, Architect

    Maintenance History
    All in good condition & maintained by the college

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    25th July 1903

    FM Sir John French (Later Earl of Ypres) KP GCB OM GCVO KCMG

    Custodian
    Haileybury College

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 8800MM


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


  • Published:Oxford University Press
  • The Haileyburian Oct 1903
  • The Haileybury Buildings by Wilfrid Blunt (1936) pp 40/41