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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Castle Morpeth
- Town
- Ponteland
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34168
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Current location
East wall of north transept
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
St.Marys Field
Ponteland
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2QF
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 167 730
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE. NOWY-HEADED. INCISED BLACK AND RED LETTERING, USING ROMAN CAPITALS. ORNAMENTAL BOSSES IN THE FOUR CORNERS AND AT CENTRE BOTTOM. REGIMENTAL BADGE AT TOP CENTRE. DECORATIVE BORDER OF SHAMROCKS.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ BREVET LIEUT. COLONEL EUSTANCE GUINNESS/ COMMANDING 84TH BATTERY ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY,/ KILLED IN ACTION AT BAKENLAAGTE, SOUTH AFRICA/ 30TH OCTOBER 1901 AGED 41 YEARS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Guinness, E
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 560MM, width 1065MM
Materials: Brass
- 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
- WMSP12.4
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