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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Boer War; Second (1899-1902)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 1905
Attended by: MAJ GEN R A MONTGOMERY CVO CB

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

21530

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Current location

PORTSMOUTH CATHEDRAL
High Street
Old Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 2HH
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 63235 99377
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

THREE LIGHT WINDOW WITH ASSOCIATED TABLET CENTRE: ARMS OF THE FOUNDER. LEFT: ARMS OF THE BOROUGH OF PORTSMOUTH. RIGHT: ARMS OF CHRIST CHURCH OXFORD

Inscription

WILLIAM SMITH M.D. LEVDEN AND OXFORD, FOUNDER, FEBRUARY 1722/ IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF PORTSMOUTH GRAMMAR/ SCHOOL WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN THE BOER WAR 1899 - 1902/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE OLD PORTMUTHIANS WHOSE NAMES ARE/ HERE ENGRAVED, THE PAST AND PRESENT BOYS OF PORTSMOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEDICATE/ THIS WINDOW A.D. 1905/ (NAMES)

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: rank

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Private

Reference

For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 75 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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