Memorial

Bolton - Boer War (Town Hall)

Bolton Boer War

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Exterior entrance wall., Festival Hall, Town Hall, Victoria Square, Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 9SG, England

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SD 71562 09141

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 66894
Description: Large, wall mounted, portrait oriented, marble framed, polished brass plaque with a decorative floral border and a Lancashire rose at each corner. Bolton's Coat of Arms is engraved at the top. The names are set out in columns under their respective regiments.
Inscription: Crest: SUPERA MORAS / Plaque: THIS TABLET ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION COMMEMORATES THE PATRIOTISM OF THE / FOLLOWING MEN OF BOLTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE / South African War 1899 - 1902 / Imperial Yeomanry / FIRST CONTINGENT / (NAMES) / TROOPERS / (NAMES) / SECOND CONTINGENT / (NAMES) / TROOPERS / (NAMES) / { Prince Alfreds Own Cape Artillery / (1 NAME) South Rhodesian Volunteers / (1 NAME) } / Loyal North Lancashire Regiment / FIRST VOLUNTEER BATTALION / (NAMES) / SECOND VOLUNTEER BATTALION / 1st VOLUNTEER ACTIVE SERVICE COMPANY / (NAMES) / PRIVATES / (NAMES) / 2nd VOLUNTEER ACTIVE SERVICE COMPANY / (NAMES) / PRIVATES / (NAMES) / 3rd VOLUNTEER ACTIVE SERVICE COMPANY / (NAMES) / PRIVATES / (NAMES) / { South African Constabulary / (NAMES) Composite Cycle Company / (1 NAME) } / Royal Army Medical Corps / (4 NAMES) / Saint John Ambulance Brigade / BOLTON CORPS / (NAMES) PRIVATES / (NAMES) / { JOHN HEYWOOD, M.A. MAYOR / JOHN MILES, DEPUTY MAYOR } FEBRUARY 1904.

Commemoration

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 425
Served: 425
Died: 425
Information shown: Regiment, sub units, rank, forename initials, surname
Order of names: Regiment. Each regiment and sub units listed by rank and then by surname

History

Maker(s): Erected by Messr. J. W. Singer and Sons, Limited, Frome, Somerset., Makers

Ceremonies

Unveiled

12 March 1904

Lieutenant General Sir John D. P. French, KCB, KCMG., officer commanding the First Army Corps and "the raiser of the siege of Kimberley during the South African struggle."

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Bolton - Boer War (Town Hall)

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Bolton - Boer War (Town Hall)

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