Memorial

Hawick Boer War

The Figure

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Current Location

Wilton Lodge Park, Wilton Park Road, Hawick, Roxburgh, Borders, TD9 7LG, Scotland

NT 49130 14159

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 44216
Description: SQUARE PEDESTAL WITH CORNER PILASTERS AND MOULDED PANELS ON EACH SIDE OF THE SQUARE. UPPER PART OF PEDESTAL TREATED WITH CORNER SCROLLS CONNECTED BY SWAGS OF LAUREL WREATH. SURMOUNTED BY A FIGURE OF A SOLDIER IN BOER WAR CAMPAIGN DRESS WITH RIFLE RAISED INTO ON GUARD POSITION, STANDING AMONGST THE DEBRIS OF WAR. PRINCIPAL PANEL SURMOUNTED BY BADGE OF THE KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Inscription: Tablet 1: ERECTED BY ALL CLASSES / OF THIS BORDERLAND IN / HONOUR OF THE MEN OF / HAWICK AND DISTRICT WHO / FELL IN SOUTH AFRICA IN / THE GREAT BOER WAR OF / 1899-1902, AS A MEMORIAL OF / UNDYING REGARD. / "YOU DO WELL TO KEEP THEIR / MEMORIES GREEN. YOU DO WELL / TO CHERISH THE EXAMPLE THEY / SET, AND TO OFFER THE ONLY ONE / CONSOLATION TO THEIR RELATIVES / AND FRIENDS, THAT THEY HAVE / NOT GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN VAIN / THAT THE OBJECT FOR WHICH / THEY FOUGHT HAS BEEN ACCOM- / PLISHED" // Tablets 2, 3 and 4: (23 NAMES) // Other tablet: THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY FIELD MARSHAL / THE RIGHT HON. EARL ROBERTS VC KG KP GCB OM / GCSI GCIE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BRITISH / ARMY ON 22ND AUGUST 1903. / JOHN ( .... ) PROVOST

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 23
Died: 23
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death
Order of names: Officers, rank, surname

Maker(s): Mr William Birnie Rhind RSA, Sculptor
Mr J N Scott, Architect
Mr A Lorne Campbell, Architect
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: Vandalised 1 October 2017 and 18 July 2019

Unveiled

22 August 1903

Field Marshal The Right Honourable Earl Roberts VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE