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    Memorial

    Clifton College - Boer War

    Source: Copyright Clifton College Archives

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    Current Location

    South side of quadrangle, Clifton College, College Rd, Clifton, Bristol, Avon, BS8 3ET, England

    OS Grid Reference

    ST 57018 73843

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    © WMR-7370

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    Type of Memorial
    Allegory (eg: Victory)
    WMR Reference Number
    7370
    Description
    Figure of St George in armour of the 15th century with sword and Gothic shield bearing the cross of St George. Figure is situated atop a four-sided architectural stone pedestal and semicircular six stepped base. Bronze plaques with dedicatory inscription and names position on plinth.
    Inscription
    SOUTH AFRICA,/ 1899-1902./ CLIFTON,/ REMEMBER THESE/ THY SONS WHO FELL/ FIGHTING/ FAR OVER SEA;/ FOR THEY,/ IN A DARK HOUR,/ REMEMBERED WELL/ THEIR WARFARE, LEARNED OF THEE/ (Names)
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    43
    Died
    43
    Information shown
    Rank, forename initials, surname, regiment
    Order of names
    No order
    Maker(s)
    • Edward Alfred Brisco Drury RA, Sculptor

    • J W Singer and Sons Ltd, Founder / Foundry

    • H H Martyn and Co., Mason

    • W S Paul & James, Architect

    Costs
    £1,965

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    25 June 1904

    FM Lord Methuen GCB GCMG GCVO. Lord Bishop of Bristol, Lord Bishop of Hereford, Lord Mayor of Bristol and the Lady Mayoress, Head Master Glzaebrook, Master of the Merchant Ventures, Colonel Savile CB, Mrs Savile, Admiral Hulton

    Components

    Figure

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Unknown


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1282343

    Plaques

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Unknown


    Plinth

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Unknown


    Steps

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James p.64 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1911, London. The inscription was composed by (Sir) Henry Newbolt (1862-1938), an Old Cliftonian.
    • https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1282343
    • "Henry Newbolt and the Spirit of Clifton" by Derek Winterbottom. Published by Redcliffe Press in 1986.