Memorial

Flint - Boer War

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Council Offices, Chapel Street, Flint, Delyn, Clwyd, Wales

SJ 24276 72927

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 17767
Description: Foundation stone supporting a three-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, capstone and obelisk. Base, plinth, capstone and obelisk constructed of pink granite. A single-line border with internally squared corners, encloses the inscriptions and/or names on each of the plinth faces. Borders and text incised and infilled with black paint.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: ERECTED BY / THE INHABITANTS OF THIS BOROUGH / TO THE MEMORY OF / THEIR BRAVE FELLOW TOWNSMEN WHO / FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899 - 1902. / AND ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO / VOLUNTARILY AND PATRIOTICALLY / GAVE THEIR SERVICES, / TO THE COUNTRY IN THE SAME WAR. / THE NAMES OF ALL / ARE RECORDED HEREON WITH THE / REGIMENTS TO WHICH THEY WERE / ATTACHED. // 3 o'clock face: THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF / THOSE WHO VOLUNTARILY GAVE THEIR SERVICES / { (13 NAMES) } { (ALL OF THE E Co. 2ND VOL BN / R.W.FUSRS) } // 9 o'clock face: THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES / OF THOSE WHO FELL OR DIED:- / (5 NAMES) // 12 o'clock face: FOR QUEEN, KING AND COUNTRY. / UNVEILED BY H. R. HUGHES, ESQ., OF / KINMEL, LORD LIEUT OF FLINTSHIRE. / ALDERMAN T. W. HUGHES, / MAYOR / 1903

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 18
Served: 13
Died: 5
Information shown: Served, rank, forename initials, surname, regiment; Died, rank, forename initials, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Served, died. Each group listed by rank

Obelisk

Made from: Granite - Pink

Condition: Good

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