Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Town
Shrewsbury
County
Shropshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
Gaffin and Co (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 22 July 1904
    Attended by: Unknown
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2104

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Current location

Roadside opposite St Chads Church
St Chads Terrace
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY1 1JL
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 48812 12403
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
The memorial is mounted on three steps and surrounded by an iron fence. The base is carved with arms and a wreath. Soldier with rifle reversed on square pedestal, on the face is a relief portrait of Queen Victoria and above this the badge of the regiment.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/& MEN OF THE LINE/MILITIA & VOLUNTEER BATTALIONS/OF THE KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION & DIED/OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE WHILST SERVING WITH THE/2ND BATTALION OF THE KING'S SHROPSHIRE LI (85TH LI|/ IN THE TRANSVAAL, ORANGE RIVER COLONY/ & CAPE COLONY/ DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899 - 1902/ THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED/ BY THEIR COMRADES, OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ & MEN OF THE LINE/ MILITIA & VOLUNTEER BATTALIONS/ OF THE KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY (Names ordered by battalion within the regiment)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adams, E A
Aggersburg, J
Allen, J
Allen, J H
Ashdown, P
Barrett, F
Bartlett, J
Bayliss, H
Beddall, J
Binning, G
See details for all 146 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 146
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 146
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, first initial, surname ,regiment, manner of death
    Order of information: regiment,rank,surname
Components
  • Sculpture
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Carrara
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Carrara
Listing information
  • BOER 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
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 181 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
  • Carter Postcard Collection

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