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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Bassetlaw
- Town
- East Retford
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26977
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Current location
IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT
ST SWITHUNS CHURCH
Chapelgate
East Retford
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6PJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 70647 81324
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH DEDICATORY MARBLE TABLET WITH ORNATELY CARVED FRAME
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THE/ SHERWOOD RANGERS IMPERIAL YEOMANRY/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR/ SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900 - 1902/ (NAMES)/ THIS WINDOW WAS DEDICATED BY THEIR FRIENDS "NOT ONCE OR TWICE IN OUR FAIR ISLAND'S STORY THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY" (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 15
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank
Order of information: rank
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Tablet
- 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
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