Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Southwark
Town
Southwark
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
12593

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Current location

Southwark Cathedral
Cathedral Street
Southwark
Southwark
Greater London
SE1 9AW
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 32682 80305
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rectangular cast bronze nowy headed plaque , the longer axis vertical , surmounted by the Regimental Badge of the West Surrey Regiment .Within a wide border with low relief flower motifs at intervals is the inscription in raised lettering .
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT COLONEL ALBERT LOUIS SALMOND / (3RD DERBYSHIRE REGT SHERWOOD FORESTERS) / WHO FOR THE BENEFIT OF LONDON WORKING BOYS / RAISED THE / 1ST CADET BATTALION "THE QUEENS" / (ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT) / WITH HEAD QUARTERS IN THIS PARISH / AND WAS ITS COMMANDING OFFICER / FOR THIRTEEN YEARS (1889 - 1902) / HE DIED 4TH AUGUST 1902 / AT DEELFONTEIN SOUTH AFRICA / OF WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILST COMMANDANT OF STORMBERG / ALSO / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CADET BATTALION / WHO DIED DURING THE BOER WAR / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / (NAMES) / "QUIT YOU LIKE MEN" / SET UP BY THEIR CADET COMRADES AND FRIENDS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Chatterton, Percy
Chilvers, H H
Daw, Harry J
Griffen, W
Parker, Harry
Pritchard, G W
Rhodes, A J
Salmond, Albert Louis
Teeles, G E
Underwood, A V
See details for all 11 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 11
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional
    Order of information: rank,forename,year died,manner of death,place of death,regiment,additional
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth c 50, height c 1500, width c 1000
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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