Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- York
- Town
- York
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th September 1904
Attended by: LT GEN KELLY-KENNY GCB
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30553
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Current location
Duke of Wellington's Regimental Chapel
York Minster
Deangate
York
York
North Yorkshire
YO1 7JA
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 60331 52179
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ELONGATED NOWY-HEADED BRASS PLAQUE SET WITHIN AMD MARBLE FRAME. BRASS PLAQUES WITH FIGURE IN RELIEF ON EITHER SIDE ABOVE THE PLAQUE. WHOLE IS SURMOUNTED BY CORNICE. FIGURES OF AN OFFICER AND A SOLDIER IN THE PLAQUES ABOVE THE DEDICATORY PLAQUE
- Inscription
- THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S/ WEST RIDING REGIMENT/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON/ -COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/ REGIMENT, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902/ (NAMES)/ ERECTED BY OFFICERS, N.C. OFFICERS AND MEN PAST AND PRESENT OF THE TWO/ BATTALIONS [33-76] ABD BY FRIENDS OF THE REGIMENT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 153
Served and returned: 1
Died: 152
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,additional, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Plaque
- 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
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