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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
North Hertfordshire
Town
Hitchin
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3797

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Current location

North wall
St Marys Church
Churchyard
Hitchin
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 1DN
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 18490 29113
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Brass plaque with ornamented border.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF THE HITCHIN MEN/ WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION IN SOUTH AFRICA OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE/ DURING THE BOER WAR, SEPT.1899 TO JUNE 1902./ (Names)/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Banning, Walter
Clowes, Graham Vinicombe Winchester
Endersby, William
Grey, Henry
Knight, Harry
Morley, Frederick
Scott, William
Simmons, Charles
Worboys, Albert
See details for all 9 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height c 600cm, width c1200cm
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF SAINT MARY
  • Grade I
  • 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
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James p.80 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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