Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Cheltenham
- Town
- Cheltenham
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Maker
- R L Boulton & Sons (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 06th April 1904
Attended by: Chaplain General to the Forces
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20682
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Current location
Cheltenham College
Bath Road
Cheltenham
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 7LE
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 94862 21513
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone reredos with many carved figures, grouped in themes. Central to the screen is a figure of Christ on cross. Figures include martyrs of the early church, renown archbishops, representatives of the national bible and prayer book and English christian worthies. Also included are representatives of science, arts, professions and occupations as well and administrators, soldiers, teachers. finally likenesses of figures from literature learning and leisure; Shakespeare, Milton, Bunyan, Scott, Butler
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF OLD CHELTONIANS WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR OF 1899-1902
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Reredos
Measurements: height C 24 FT, width C 34 FT
Materials: Stone
- Reredos
- 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
- Costs
Site: £1459
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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