Memorial

Norfolk Regiment - 3rd, 4th and Volunteer Battalions - Boer War

Plaque - 3rd, 4th & Volunteer Battalions, Norfolk Regt - Boer War

Source: Copyright Jeremy Bartlett

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Current Location

Norwich Cathedral, The Close, Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH, England

TG 23472 08913

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 19941
Description: WALL-MOUNTED ENGRAVED BRASS PLAQUE. BLACK AND RED LETTERING. NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS. BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ 1900-01-02/ THE NORFOLK REGIMENT/ 3RD BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 4TH BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 1ST VOLUNTEER BATALLION/ (NAMES)/ 2ND BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 3RD VOLUNTEER BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 4TH VOLUNTEER BATTALION/ (NAMES)

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 42
Died: 42
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, battalion
Order of names: battalion THEN rank THEN surname

Maker(s): Messrs C. Payne & Co., Redwell Street, Norwich, Makers
Messrs Colman, St Andrew's Hill, Norwich, Makers

Unveiled

17 November 1904

General Wynne

Plaque

Height: 1690MM

Width: 680MM

Made from: Brass

Condition: Unknown

Eastern Daily Press - Thursday 17 November 1904 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001724/19041117/310/0008 …. "The tablets are nearly six feet long, and are probably the largest of the kind ever made."