Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Birkenhead
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2332
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Current location
Territorial Army Centre
Whitford Road
Birkenhead
Wirral
Merseyside
CH42 7JB
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 31532 87559
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large brass plaque on a wooden base
- Inscription
- FIRST CHESHIRE ROYAL/ENGINEERS/(VOLUNTEERS)/THIS PLATE BEARING THE NAMES OF THOSE MEMBERS/OF THE FIRST CHESHIRE ROYAL ENGINEERS (VOLUNTEERS)/WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AND SERVED IN/THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 WAS ERECTED/BY THE CORPORATION OF BIRKENHEAD AS A LASTING/RECORD OF THE HIGH APPRECIATION BY THEIR/FELLOW TOWNSMEN OF THEIR PATRIOTISM/BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO THEIR COUNTTRY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, Noel
Atkinson, David
Atkinson, William
Bell, John
Bryden, Thomas
Buckley, Henry
Burgess, Alfred
Carr, William
Dawson, James
Duff, Archibald D.
See details for all 60 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 60
Served and returned: 0
Died: 60
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- 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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