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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Arch
- District
- Rochester Upon Medway
- Town
- Chatham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902), VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th July 1905
Attended by: HM KING EDWARD VII
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41194
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Current location
Brompton Barracks
Dock Road
Chatham
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME4 4UG
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 76430 69038
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ENORMOUS TIUMPHAL ARCH. BROAD PIERS AT THE THE ABUTMENTS BEAR THE NAME TABLETS. TABLET ON INNER FACE LISTS ROYAL ENGINEER UNITS WHICH SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA. SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS OF DECORATION. FRIEZE RUNNING AROUND THE BASE GIVES THE NAMES OF SIXTEEN ACTIONS FOR WHICH CLASPS WERE AWARDED. SPANDRELS CONTAIN REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MEDALS.
- Inscription
- THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS/ TO THEIR COMRADES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SOUTH AFRICA WAR A.D. 1899 - 1902
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alty, J E
Anderson, J
Anderson, R
Arthur, R C
Askham, J W
Austen, C A
Bailey, H A
Barnett, R R
Barratt, J
Barrow, S D
See details for all 90 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 420
Served and returned: 0
Died: 420
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Architectural details
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Italian - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Italian - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Architectural details
- Listing information
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL ARCH, BROMPTON BARRACKS
- 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
- Condition
- Royal Engineers Boer War Memorial
- WMO ID: 131150
- Condition: Good [last updated on 28-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- ROYAL ENGINEERS
- Reference
- For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 84 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
- Carter Postcard Collection
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