
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Norwich
- Town
- Norwich
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Maker
- Messrs C. Payne & Co., Redwell Street, Norwich (Makers)
Messrs Colman, St Andrew's Hill, Norwich (Makers) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17 November 1904
Attended by: General Wynne
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19941
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Current location
Norwich Cathedral
The Close
Norwich
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 4DH
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 23472 08913
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED ENGRAVED BRASS PLAQUE. BLACK AND RED LETTERING. NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS. BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ 1900-01-02/ THE NORFOLK REGIMENT/ 3RD BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 4TH BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 1ST VOLUNTEER BATALLION/ (NAMES)/ 2ND BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 3RD VOLUNTEER BATTALION/ (NAMES)/ 4TH VOLUNTEER BATTALION/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, battalion
Order of information: battalion THEN rank THEN surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1690MM, width 680MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- THE CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY
- Grade I
- 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
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Eastern Daily Press - Thursday 17 November 1904 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001724/19041117/310/0008 …. "The tablets are nearly six feet long, and are probably the largest of the kind ever made."
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