Memorial

Galgate - Boer War

Stone

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Current Location

Memorial Gardens, Upper Galgate, Barnard Castle, Durham, Durham, DL12 8BJ, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 05214 16811

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 67897
Description: Red Granite Boulder on top of a squared stone base, total height 12 feet, sitting on a square coursed freestone plinth. There is a bronze coloured plaque, very plain, with a flower round the screw head in each corner. The dedication is in sunken Roman lettering. The whole is surrounded by a flagged area by a post and chain fence with a short path to the road. The Garden of Remembrance also contains trees, flower beds and is surrounded by a post and chain fence, with a short path to the road, and an ornamental wrought iron gate with inscription.
Inscription: PRO PATRIA/ IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NCOS AND MEN OF THE/ 3RD (MILITIA) BATT. THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY,/ THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AND LOCAL VOLUNTEERS/ ATTACHED TO THE LINE REGIMENTS/ WHO DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE BOER WAR.

Commemoration

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)

History

Costs: £116
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: Restoration work in 2009 was carried out with the aid of a grant from the War Memorials Trust by P. & S. Coverdale Masonry Contractors Ltd.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

25 Jul 1905

Colonel V. Grimshaw.

Dedicated

27 Jul 1905

Rev. J.T. Penrose.

Conservation

Components

Stone of remembrance

Made from: Granite - Red

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 496423

Plinth

Made from: Stone - Freestone

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Galgate - Boer War

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Galgate - Boer War

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