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    Memorial

    Suffolk Soldiers

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    Current Location

    Statutory Address: BOER WAR MEMORIAL, Christchurch Park, 37, off Fonnereau Road, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 3JH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 16488 44960

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    4613
    Description
    Bareheaded soldier in mourning pose on tall square pedestal. Plaques on each side of the base
    Inscription
    SUFFOLK SOLDIERS MEMORIAL/ ERECTED BY/ SUFFOLK PEOPLE AS A MONUMENT/ TO SUFFOLK SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ 1899-1902 Plinth; (Names) Plinth: (Names) Plinth: (Names)
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    281
    Died
    281
    Information shown
    surname,rank,regiment
    Maker(s)
    • Albert Toft, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    29 September 1906

    Field Marshal Sir John French (Later Earl of Ypres) KP GCB OM GCVO KCMG

    Dedicated

    29 September 1906

    Bishop Suffragan of Ipswich

    Previous Location(s)

    • Tavern Street, Cornhill, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

      Year of move

      1931

    Custodian
    Ipswich Borough Council

    Components

    Base

    Height: 10ft

    Width: 50"Square

    Depth: 50"Square


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1237499

    Figure

    Height: 5ft


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1237499

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    161363

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    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • WAR MEMORIALS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT by BORG, ALAN 156 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LEO COOPER 1991 LONDON
    • Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
    • SUFFOLK REVIEW - THE BOER WAR MEMORIALS OF SUFFOLK by THOMAS, GWYN 20-1 Source: Media Library NIWMN Published:SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL AUTUMN 1999 IPSWICH
    • East Anglia Daily Times - 1 October 1906
    • War Memorial - A. Borg - Pub. 1991 illus. 156
    • Evening Star - 15 July 1992 - pg. 6
    • Carter Postcard Collection