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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Craven
- Town
- Giggleswick
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47333
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Current location
Giggleswick School Chapel
Craven Bank Lane
Giggleswick
Craven
North Yorkshire
BD24 0DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 80720 63927
Denomination: Non-denominational
- Description
- OVAL WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH FLAT TOP. GOLD PAINTED INSCRIPTION AT THE TOP AND MAIN INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING IN THE CENTRE. OLIVE LEAVES AND BERRIES CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE BASE OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI/ IN MEMORY OF/ SYDNEY ARTHUR SLATER/ OF FARSLEY AND OF EXETER COLLEGE/ OXFORD WHO WAS AT THIS SCHOOL IN 1888-1889/ LIEUTENANT IN THE 57TH COMPANY/ OF THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY./ HE WAS WOUNDED AT BULTFONTEIN/ AND DIED OF ENTERIC FEVER AT/ KROONSTAD, SOUTH AFRICA./ JAN 29 1901
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Slater, Sydney Arthur
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- 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
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