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    Memorial

    Wigan And District South African War- Replacement

    Wigan And District South African War- Replacement- Setting

    Source: Copyright Rev David Long

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    Current Location

    In front of the Pavilion, Mesnes Park, Parson's Walk , Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN1 1TU, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 57916 06396

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    78731
    Description
    Inscribed granite plinth, surmounted by a carved stone figure of an officer in khaki drill, sun helmet and Sam Browne belt, with left hand resting on a sheathed sword. The plinth is from the original memorial (recorded on this database as memorial number 18517). The statue is a replacement, erected in 2013, for the original statue, which was removed in 1968 and subsequently lost. The memorial is set within railings.
    Inscription
    THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN BELONGING TO THE REGULAR / VOLUNTEER AND IMPERIAL YEOMANRY FORCES / OF WIGAN AND DISTRICT / WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899-1902
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Maker(s)
    • Stonelove Sculpture, Makers

    Sponsor Type
    other
    Sponsored By
    Friends of Wigan's Boer War Memorial, public subscription, Brighter Borough Fund, Duchy of Lancaster, Friends of Mesnes Park, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Manchester Guardians, SAVE Wigan, the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, the Grenadier Guards Cadets, the King's Royal Hussars Cadets, the Air Training Corps and Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    2013

    Custodian
    Wigan Council

    Components

    Figure

    Made from: Stone - Portland



    Plinth

    Made from: Granite



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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    196911

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