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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Vale Royal
- Town
- Frodsham
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10025
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Current location
St. Laurence's Church
Church Road
Frodsham
Vale Royal
Cheshire
WA6 7DT
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 52105 77286
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass plaque in shape of shield, mounted on rectangular carved oak base-board. The baseboard is decorated with stylized roses at each corner and shield is surrounded by a laurel wreath. Lettering is in Red and black.
- Inscription
- 2ND (E.C) V.B. THE CHESHIRE REGT/ I COMPANY (FRODSHAM)/ THIS SHIELD WAS ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO COMMEMORATE/ THE VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN THE/ BOER WAR S.A. 1899-1902/ OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE ABOVE COMPANY/ (NAMES)/AND/C.H.HEFFERN/DIED ON SERVICE/MAY 28TH 1902.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banyard, A
Bell, L G
Brophy, E G
Brown, G F
Cartwright, C
Coley, E C F
Collins, J
Collins, L F
Crouch, A C F
Crouch, F G
See details for all 49 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 17
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, initials surname, year died,
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height 900 mm, width 600 mm
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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Frodsham Parochial Church Council
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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