Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Town
Newcastle Upon Tyne
County
Tyne And Wear
Country
England
Commemoration
Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48456

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Current location

ST NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL
St Nicholas Churchyard
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE1 1PF
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ2498364009
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Copper plaque with wide elaborate border with leaves raised in each corner. At top is a crest of three crescents and two stars in white on a red background. At bottom is a shield with a red background bearing a red cross inside a white cross with a white castle in the top left hand quarter. On either side of and above the shield is a scroll with the words "STUDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE IN THIS CITY 1894-1897". In the central plaque, the lettering is raised in casting using Roman capital letters.
Inscription
DAVID OLIPHANT/ KILLED AT PEKING JULY 5 1900/ AGED 24 YEARS./ "THE QUEEN HEARD WITH FEELINGS OF/ ADMIRATION AND PRIDE OF THE MANNER/ IN WHICH MR DAVID OLIPHANT FOUGHT SIDE/ BY SIDE WITH THE MARINES IN THE DEFENCE/ OF THE LEGATION DURING THE FOUR EVENT/ -FUL WEEKS, AND HOW HE SACRIFICED HIS/ LIFE IN DEVOTION TO OTHERS."/ EXTRACTED FROM A LETTER SENT BY QUEEN VICTORIA TO HIS FATHER/ STUDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE IN THIS CITY 1884-1897
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Oliphant, David
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Commemorations
  • Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Name and date and circumstances of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height c 600mm, width c 700mm
    Materials: Copper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Record 48464 records a plaque in the Kings Hall of Newcastle University Kings commemorating the same individual. The North East War Memorials Project reference for this plaque is NUT003.
  • North East War Memorials Project reference NUT123. Online record at www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8294, accessed on 27 August 2019.

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