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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Royal Army Medical Corps - Boer War

    Mark Newton 21 July 2016

    Source: Copyright Mark Newton 21 July 2016

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    Current Location

    AT THE TOP OF GUN HILL, Gun Hill, Aldershot, Rushmoor, Hampshire, GU11 4EH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 86549 51219

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    © WMR-50627

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    Type of Memorial
    Composite
    WMR Reference Number
    50627
    Description
    THREE STEPPED SEMI CIRCULAR BASE WITH WALL AT THE BACK OF IT. CENTRAL PART OF THE WALL HAS AN OBELISK PLACED WITHIN IT WITH SCULPTURAL GROUP PLACED AT THE BASE OF THE OBELISK. 14 BRONZE NAME PLAQUES PLACED ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE WALL SCULPTED GROUP CONSISTED OF TWO MEN OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (RAMC) TENDING TO A WOUNDED MAN. ONE OF THE RAMC MEN STANDS SUPPORTING THE MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE LYING ON A RICK WHILST THE OTHER RAMC MAN KNEELS ON THE GROUND AS HE TENDS TO THE WOUND.
    Inscription
    OBELISK: RAMC/ TO/ THOSE/ WHO/ GAVE/ THEIR/ LIVES/ FOR/ THEIR/ COUNTRY/ SOUTH AFRICA/ 1899-1902 WALL: PLAQUES STEPS: ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES OF THE CORPS
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    314
    Died
    314
    Information shown
    surname,rank,decorations
    Order of names
    rank,surname,decorations
    Maker(s)
    • Robert Weir Schultz, Architect

    • John Goscombe A.R.A, Sculptor

    • L.A Turner, Makers

    Costs
    1214

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    24-05-1905

    HM KING EDWARD VII

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 26 feet

    Width: 23 feet


    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    Sculpture

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Tablets

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Wall

    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


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