Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Maker
- Albert Toft (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29 September 1906
Attended by: Field Marshal Sir John French (Later Earl of Ypres) KP GCB OM GCVO KCMG - Dedicated
Date: 29 September 1906
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Ipswich - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4613
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Current location
37
Christchurch Park
off Fonnereau Road
Ipswich
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 3JH
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 16420 45000
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Tavern Street
Cornhill
Ipswich
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Tavern Street
- Description
- Bareheaded soldier in mourning pose on tall square pedestal. Plaques on each side of the base
- Inscription
- SUFFOLK SOLDIERS MEMORIAL/ ERECTED BY/ SUFFOLK PEOPLE AS A MONUMENT/ TO SUFFOLK SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ 1899-1902 Plinth; (Names) Plinth: (Names) Plinth: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Page, S ( Known As Fred )
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 281
Served and returned: 0
Died: 281
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: depth 50"Square, height 10ft, width 50"Square
Materials: Stone - Figure
Measurements: height 5ft
Materials: Bronze
- Base
- Listing information
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL
- 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
- Suffolk Soldiers (2nd Boer War)
- WMO ID: 161363
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 21-03-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Ipswich Borough Council
- Reference
- WAR MEMORIALS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT by BORG, ALAN 156 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LEO COOPER 1991 LONDON
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Evening Star - 15 July 1992 - pg. 6
- War Memorial - A. Borg - Pub. 1991 illus. 156
- East Anglia Daily Times - 1 October 1906
- SUFFOLK REVIEW - THE BOER WAR MEMORIALS OF SUFFOLK by THOMAS, GWYN 20-1 Source: Media Library NIWMN Published:SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL AUTUMN 1999 IPSWICH
- Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
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