Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Warrington
Town
Warrington
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
Edward Alfred Brisco Drury ARA (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 21 February 1907
    Attended by: General Sir Redver Bullers VC GCB GCMG
  • Dedicated
    Date: 21 February 1907
    Attended by: Father Wilson
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
1996

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Current location

Located within the park
Palmyra Gardens (also known as Queen's Gardens)
Springfield Street
Warrington
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1BL
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 60421 88047
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Soldier carrying fieldglasses and rifle surmounting rough hewn pedestal. Statue depicts Colonel O'Leary who died while leading his men in the final charge on Pieters Hill. A relief frieze on plaque depicts the dead body of a soldier, an angel at one end and widow and child at the other.
Inscription
(12 O'CLOCK): TO THE MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VOLUNTEERS / [SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT] / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 / IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOUR CLEAR / ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES AND / FELLOW CITIZENS. / ENGAGEMENTS IN WHICH THE REGIMENT TOOK PART / SPION KOP VAAL KRANTZ / COLENSO KOPJES TUGELA HEIGHTS PIETER'S HILL / RELIEF OF LADYSMITH / BOTHA'S PASS LAING'S NEK ALLEMAN'S NEK / AND THE OCCUPATION OF / WAKKERSTROOM UTRECHT AND VRYHEID (6 O'CLOCK): SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT / 1ST BATTALION / OFFICERS / (NAMES) / NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / (NAMES) / MILITIA RESERVISTS LEINSTER REGT./ )(NAMES) / 3RD BATTALION / OFFICERS / (NAMES) / NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / (NAMES / VOLUNTEER BATTALIONS / (NAMES) Small plaque THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY / SIR REDVERS BULLER, V.C. / ON THE 21ST FEBRUARY 1907 // JAMES SMETHURST J.P. / MAYOR. // HENRY ROBERTS, J.P. / CHAIRMAN OF / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aldred, J
Armitage, J
Astbury, J
Barnfather, J
Barrow, C H
Beer, A
Birch, G C F G
Birkenhead, H
Birkett, H
Blackwood, W
See details for all 174 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 170
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 170
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, regiment, rank, service number
    Order of information: regiment THEN rank THEN surname
Components
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Sculpture
    Measurements: height 2400MM
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
History
2010: Refurbished as part of changes done to Queen's Gardens. Repairs minimalised the damage from vandalism that was sustained a few years previous.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Warrington Council
Reference

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