Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Medina
- Town
- Ryde
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18th November 1901
Attended by: HRH PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40852
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Current location
IN A NICHE ON THE SOUTH FACADE OF THE TOWN HALL
TOWN HALL
Lind St
Ryde
Medina
Isle Of Wight
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 591 927
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ENAMELLED BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO AN OAK BACKBOARD
- Inscription
- BOROUGH OF RYDE/ 1901/ ERECTED BY THE BURGESSES OF RYDE TO COMMEMORATE/ THE LOYAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES RENDERED BY/ VOLUNTEERS FROM RYDE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD DURING THE/ WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899 1900 1901/ (NAMES)/ MICHAEL MAYBRICK, MAYOR/ THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED ON NOV 18 1901 BY/ HRH PRINCESS HENRY BATTENBERG, GOVERNOR OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 32
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of information: rank,surname,regiment,decorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Ryde South Africa
- WMO ID: 252395
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-06-2017]
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- History
- DATE UNKNOWN: PLAQUE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RESITED WHEN THE WW1 MEMORIAL WAS INSTALLED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- MERYD01A
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