Memorial
Sedbergh School - Boer War
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Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson
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Current Location
Sedbergh School, Loftus Hill, Sedbergh, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA10 5RY, England
OS Grid Reference
SD 65766 91825
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 456
- Description
- Red sandstone cross standing on a square, four-step base, square plinth and square, tapered shaft. The shaft has chamfered corners, chamfered cornice and is topped by the Celtic, wheel cross. The faces of the plinth carry the lettering: each has 2 bands of raised lettering in Arts-and-Crafts style.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face of the plinth: IN MEMORY OF OLD SEDBERGHIANS WHO FELL/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN/ WAR 1899-1902 THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED/ BY THEIR FRIENDS AND SCHOOL FELLOWS 9 o'clock face: (Names) 12 o'clock face: (Names) 3 o'clock face: (Names)
- War
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Number Commemorated
- 6
- Died
- 6
- Information shown
- surname,rank, date of death, regiment,place of death,forename
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,rank, date of death, regiment,place of death,forename
- Additional Information
- Thje VC was awarded to R J T Digby Jones and he is also commemorated on IWM 69026 at the school.