Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Tynedale
Town
Bellingham
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
33759

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Current location

Bellingham Boer War Memorial
Manchester Square
Bellingham
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE48 2AH
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 83844 83276
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Cross roads in centre of village
    Bellingham
    Tynedale
    Northumberland
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Sandstone ashlar and marble, repaired in pink concrete. Stepped square base covered in concrete in late C20. Tall, stepped square plinth with inset marble inscription panel; semicircular basins on returns. Heavy, square canopy with wreathed empty plinth above, rests on 4 marble columns and shelters figure of soldier.
Inscription
6 O'Clock face: ERECTED/ IN HONOUR OF THE FOLLOWING LOCAL MEMBERS OF/ YEOMANRY AND VOLUNTEERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE/ BOER WAR 1900 - 1 - 2/ YEOMANRY/ (NAMES)/ VOLUNTEERS/ (NAMES) 9 O'Clock face: YEOMANRY/ (NAMES)/ VOLUNTEERS/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Armstrong, R.
Baty, A.c.
Baty, J.
Bell, M.
Bolton, R.
Brown, E.
Brown, J.
Carrigan, W.
Cowan, A.
Cowan, W.
See details for all 33 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 33
    Served and returned: 33
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,regiment, initials of forenames
    Order of information: regiment
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: height 2FT 1", width 1FT
    Materials: Marble
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Boer War Memorial Fountain
  • 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
1. Originally a fountain, and there was a light on top, now gone. Otherwise still in good condition. 2. In 1999, restoration was made with help from Friends of War Memorials to commemorate both the centenary of the start of the South African War in 1899 and also to commemorate the new Millennium. A new lamp was placed on the top and a new drinking fountain placed alongside. Local schoolchildren were involved with the project. 3. Friends of War Memorials (now War Memorials Trust) gave a grant of £250 towards the cost of restoration.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • WMSB18.5
  • Friends of War Memorials Newsletter No.6 Summer 2000.
  • Hexham Courant feature 75 years ago reports that the decision was made to move the memorial "to the gun site outside the town hall".
  • Northumberland County Council Minutes 15/6/1959 that the war memorial is sited in a carriageway of the main road opposite the junction of the road to West Woodburn. There are two "Keep Left" signs on the memorial, but it cannot be used as a roundabout and traffic conditions are potentially dangerous. A scheme from the Police to remove it to another site met with local opposition.
  • Northumberland County Council Minutes 30/9/1946 reported that the memorial is situated in the middle of the road opposite Woodburn Road End. It was agreed to move it to a site outside the Town Hall.
  • Morpeth County Library Frith collection of photographs showing monument in original location; Postcard collection gives a long view in former position.
  • Curiosities of the British Street Troughs and Drinking Fountains (Philip Davies; Chatto and Windus, London, 1989)
  • Newcastle Central Library Boer War Memorial Illus. (NND, Vol. I, p.115, 1954; photo 1912; photo 1966.
  • www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6530
  • War Memorials Trust WM2547 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=386

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