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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Nottingham
- Town
- Nottingham
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 27363
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Current location
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- Nottingham General Hospital
Park Row
Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 568 398
Denomination: Undefined
- Nottingham General Hospital
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE. INCISED RED AND BLACK LETTERING and BLACK BORDER.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN PRESTWICH M.B./ AGE 27/ MEMBER OF THE RESIDENT MEDICAL STAFF OF THIS HOSPITAL/ WHO VOLUNTEERED AS A CIVIL SURGEON IN THE BOER WAR 1899-1900 AND DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY AUGT 28TH 1900/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY THE PRESENT MEDICAL, AND/ NURSING STAFF, AND FORMER COLLEAGUES IN THIS HOSPITAL.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Prestwich, John
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death, place of death, forename, age of death, occupation, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 380MM, width 630MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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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