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    Memorial

    Hele's School - Boer War

    Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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    Current Location

    St David's Church, Queen's Terrace, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4HR, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SX 91543 93107

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    10508
    Description
    ALABASTER TABLET WITH CORNICE SURMOUNTED BY SWAN NECKED PEDIMENT. INSCRIPTION ON A WHITE ALABASTER TABLET CARVED IN THE FORM OF A STRETCHED PIECE OF PAPER HELD DOWN BY NAILS IS MOUNTED ONTO THE MOTTLED ALABASTER BACKBOARD. COLOURED SCHOOL CREST DEPICTED AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE PEDIMENT. A CROWN SUPPORTED BY PSALM IS CARVED IN RELIEF ABOVE THE INSCRIPTION TABLET. NAMES IN A SINGLE COLUMN.
    Inscription
    THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED/ BY MANY ADMIRING FRIENDS TO/ COMMEMORATE THE PATRIOTIC/ VALOUR OF A LARGE NUMBER OF/ OLD BOYS OF HELE'S SCHOOL/ WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE/ SERVICE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN/ WAR 1899-1902 AND TO PERPETUATE/ THE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO DIED IN ACTION OR FROM OTHER/ CAUSES DURING THE CAMPAIGN./ (NAMES)/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    8
    Died
    8
    Information shown
    rank, surname, initials
    Order of names
    rank
    Maker(s)
    • GREVILLE C HEMS, Designer

    • GREVILLE C HEMS, Sculptor

    Costs
    £20 17S 9D

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 December 1902

    Mrs Saunders wife of the chairman of Governors

    Previous Location(s)

    • Hele's School, Hele Road, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England

    Year of move

    1959 and 1984

    Reason for move

    THE SCHOOL MOVED TO A NEW SITE IN 1959 AND, WHEN THE SCHOOL MERGED WITH ANOTHER AND BECAME A C of E SCHOOL IN 1984, UNLIKE IWM 10461 (WHICH COVERS wW1, 2 AND NORTHERN IRELAND) THE OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT IT ON THE PREMISES. AS A RESULT, THE MEMORIAL WAS MOVED TO ITS CURRENT SITE.

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: C 5FT 6IN

    Width: C 2FT 6IN


    Made from: Alabaster


    Condition: Good


    • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 40 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
    • THE HELES SCHOOL MAGAZINE- NOV 1902 page 10 and MAR 1903 pages 11-13