Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
East Hertfordshire
Town
Hertford Heath
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 25th July 1903
    Attended by: FM Sir John French (Later Earl of Ypres) KP GCB OM GCVO KCMG
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
32062

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Current location

In college grounds
visible from the road
HAILEYBURY COLLEGE
London Road
Hertford Heath
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG13 7NU
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 35549 10634
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Obelisk on a high pedestal standing on six steps. Four cartouches on each side of the pedestal have the names of sixteen battles. The decoration is all in bronze. Below the cartouches is the School Crest and round the base the School motto. Swags hang from cannon balls at the base of the pedestal and four trusses support the angles with cherubs heads in helmets. On each of the four sides are oval bronze shields with inscriptions. Ball tops the obelisk.
Inscription
[3 O'CLOCK] STA PUER/ET REVOCANS/QUOS ABSTULIT/AFRICA FRATRES/VIVERE PRO/PATRIA DISCE/MORIQUE/TUA/ (6 O'CLOCK) SOUTH/AFRICA/MDCCCIC/MCMII (9 O'CLOCK) HAILEY/BURIENSIBUS/IN AFRICA PRO/PATRIA/MORTUIS/HAILEYBURIA/FILIORUM/MEMOR (12 O'CLOCK) SOUTH/AFRICA/MDCCCIC/MCM11
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Obelisk
    Measurements: height 8800MM
    Materials: Stone - Portland
Listing information
  • OBELISK, AT HAILEYBURY AND IMPERIAL SERVICE COLLEGE 40 METRES NORTH OF SOUTH LODGE
  • 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
History
All in good condition & maintained by the college
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Haileybury College
Reference
  • Published:Oxford University Press
  • The Haileybury Buildings by Wilfrid Blunt (1936) pp 40/41
  • The Haileyburian Oct 1903

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