Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Northampton
- Town
- Northampton
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Maker
- Gaffin and Co (Mason)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38197
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Current location
On right hand wall of front porch,
The Guildhall
St. Giles Square
Northampton
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN1 1DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 75580 60462
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Landscape orientated white marble tablet, mounted onto a wall mounted nowy-headed grey stone backboard. Incised inscription in black lettering. Badge of Northamptonshire in high relief at top centre of backboard.
- Inscription
- In Memory of Brave Men / Inhabitants of this County, and the neighbourhood of Peterborough, / Who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country during the War in South Africa, 1899 - 1902, / Their names are recorded on this tablet. / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abel, F
Allen, E G
Andrew, E
Andrew, H
Andrews, J
Bailey, W
Barrer, A F
Barringham, W
Barron, C
Battisson, T
See details for all 195 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 195
Served and returned: 0
Died: 195
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Regiment, rank, forename initials, surname, place of death
Order of information: Regiment, rank, surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height 1350 mm, width 1750 mm
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
- Men of Northamptonshire and Peterborough, Boer War
- WMO ID: 262143
- Condition: Good [last updated on 28-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Northampton Borough Council
- Reference
- For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 161 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
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