Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Salisbury
Town
Durrington
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), Anglo-Zulu War (1879), Boer War; First (1880-1881)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11878

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Current location

Larkhill Garrison
Durrington
Salisbury
Wiltshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 13114 44892
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Woolwich Garrison Depot
    Repository Rd
    Woolwich
    Greenwich
    Greater London
    SE18 4BE
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 430 790
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
MASSIVE JOINED BLOCKS OF GRANITE TAPERING AT THE TOP. PLAQUE ON EAST FACE. LEFT OF PLAQUE IS A LIFE-SIZE COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ARMS AND WESTERN GUNS WITH THREE ROUND SHIELDS , MADE OF GREYISH METAL
Inscription
ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY/ AS A MEMORIAL OF THEIR COMRADES OF ALL RANKS/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND AFGHANISTAN IN 1877 - 1881
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    Total names on memorial: 265
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 265
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,regiment,additional
    Order of information: regiment,rank
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
    Total names on memorial: 98
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 98
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; First (1880-1881)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Memorial
    Measurements: height 15FT, width 7FT
    Materials: Granite - Pink
Listing information
  • Afghan and Zulu War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
Listed Grade II. Planng Application 08/2003/L July 2008 to relocate. Approved 17 Oct. 2008: works to commence within three years.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Our Fieldworker Reference MSH W0/1
  • Geograph: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/971900 -accessed 23 December 2021

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