Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Bolton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19 September 1903
Attended by: Alderman Miles, Mayor of Bolton - Dedicated
Date: 19 September 1903
Attended by: Canon Henn, Rev. H. J. Elsee, the Rev. H. L. Marsh and the Rev. E. R. Ellis - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26339
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Current location
In north aisle
St Peters Church
5 Church Bank
Bolton
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL1 1HX
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 72056 09276
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Tablet divided by pillasters and crocketed archways into three sections. A decorative carving around the tablet with a cross on top and an emblem at the bottom. The middle section consists of inscription and names in two columns, and flanked by the identical sections with a cross on top, followed by names. Blacking lettering in Roman caps.
- Inscription
- Upper, centre: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN/ OF BOLTON AND THE ADJOINING/ TOWNSHIPS WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY DURING/ THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902/ (Names) Lower, right: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ SEPT. 1903/ JOHN MILES/ MAYOR (Exact spacing unknown.)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barnes, John
Bertwistle, Samuel H.
Bowcock, William H.
Bradley, George H.
Brady, William P.
Briston, W. J.
Broderick, John
Buckley, Albert
Bunn, Frederick
Burns, John F.
See details for all 73 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 73
Served and returned: 0
Died: 73
Exact count: yes
Information shown: regiment, rank. forename, surname
Order of information: regiment, rank, surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1800MM, width 1800MM
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church authorities
- Reference
- Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Wednesday 09 September 1903 -BOLTON WAR MEMORIALS (newspaper report says "over 80 fallen soldiers".
- Bolton Evening News - Monday 21 September 1903 -BOLTON’S FALLEN SOLDIERS.-MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT THE PARISH CHURCH.
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