Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
York
Town
York
County
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 3 August 1905
    Attended by: FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL ROBERTS VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
30913

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Current location

Near York Minster.
Duncombe Place
York
York
North Yorkshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 60217 52121
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Cross in perpendicular gothic style. Complex octagonal structure surmounted by finials and a lantern top with flying buttresses supporting the cross and small shield. Names on slate panels set into plinth. Whole monument set on octangonal four stepped base. Statues of Sailor, Cavalryman, Artilleryman, Infantryman, Imperial Yeoman, Militiaman, Volunteer and Nurse, the soldiers resting on arms reversed, set in niches on front face.
Inscription
REMEMBER THOSE LOYAL AND/ GALLANT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/ OF THIS COUNTY OF YORK WHO/ FELL FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S/ HONOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899 TO/ 1902 AND WHOSE NAMES ARE/ INSCRIBED ON THIS CROSS ERECTED/ BY THEIR FELLOW YORKSHIREMEN/ A.D. 1905
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1459
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1459
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,regiment
    Order of information: regiment,rank
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
  • Cross
    Measurements: height 40FT, width 25FT
    Materials: Stone - Ketton
Listing information
  • SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 235 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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