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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Berwick Upon Tweed
- Town
- Berwick Upon Tweed
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33350
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Current location
On the South wall of the nave
Holy Trinity and St Mary's Church
Berwick Upon Tweed
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DF
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 00037 53206
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK BACKBOARD IN SOUTH WALL OF NAVE. INCISED INSCRIPTION WITH NAMES IN THREE COLUMNS ENTWINED FOLIATE BORDER ON THREE SIDES OF THE PLAQUE WITH A TUDOR ROSE IN EACH CORNER; SHIELD OF BERWICK UPON TWEED AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE The names of two Mayors underneath and to each side. Below this, the words "Borough of Berwick on Tweed" are formed in an upward curve, above the dedication. All this lettering is sunk in casting in elongated Roman capitals. The names appear in three columns, sunk in casting in plain capitals.
- Inscription
- BOROUGH OF BERWICK UPON TWEED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF THE/ VOLUNTARY SERVICES RENDERED IN/ SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE BOER WAR/ 1899 - 1902, BY THE UNDERNAMED CITIZENS/ OF THIS ANCIENT AND LOYAL BOROUGH/ (names)/"DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, Peter
Bannister, Archibald
Billings, George Albert
Blagden, Lionel
Bolam, John Robert
Bolton, George
Brown, Charles
Cairens, Thomas
Cairns, Arthur John
Calder, Frank
See details for all 69 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 69
Served and returned: 67
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, manner of death
Order of information: surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1050mm, width 600mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: height 1200mm, width 750mm
Materials: Undefined
- 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 - Reference
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