Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Portsmouth
- Town
- Portsmouth
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21432
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Current location
VICTORIA PARK
Bishop Crispian Way
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 3HJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 63901 00401
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Hampshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Portsmouth
- Description
- ON SQUARE PLINTH
- Inscription
- COMMISSIONED BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY OF HMS SHAH TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN WHO DIED DURING THE COMMISSION IN THE PACIFIC AND IN THE ZULU WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Concrete
- Memorial
- Listing information
- HMS SHAH 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
- Condition
- HMS SHAH (PACIFIC AND ZULU WAR)
- WMO ID: 102640
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- SURVEY SEPTEMBER 1984: SURFACE EROSION TO STONE PLINTH. SOME RANDOM OPEN JOINTS AND STONEWORK STAINED BY LICHEN. NUMBER OF BRONZE LETTERS MISSING OR BROKEN. INFORMATION TAKEN FROM SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY PORTSMOUTH CITY MUSEUMS DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIC DESIGN IN 1984. SEE FILE FOR COMPLETE INDEXED DOCUMENT WITH 59 ENTRIES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NON-MILITARY MEMORIALS IN THE CITY. CONDITION ASSESSMENTS TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY: A = URGENT = POOR. B = LIMITED REQUIREMENT = AT RISK. C = SOUND = GOOD
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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