Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Cornwall
- Town
- Bodmin
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902), Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52999
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Current location
ON NORTH WALL IN SOLDIER'S CHAPEL
ST PETROCS CHURCH
Priory Rd
Bodmin
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL31 2DT
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 07318 67032
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- MARBLE TABLET WITH TWO PANELS OF GREY STONE ON EITHER SIDE. ALL INSCRIBED. LONG MARBLE FRAME WITHIN WHICH 5 TABLETS ARE SET. CORNISH COAT OF ARMS AND MOTTO APPEAR AT TOP OF TABLETS. CENTRAL STONE TABLET IS LARGER THAN THE OTHERS.
- Inscription
- LEFT LEFT PANEL: EGYPT/ PRIVATES/ (NAMES) LEFT PANEL: EGYPT/ (NAMES) CENTRE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF/ THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGNS AND OCCUPATION 1882-6/ AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902/ ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADESOF THE/ DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY 1903./ EGYPT/ OFFICERS/ (NAMES)/ SOUTH AFRICA/ OFFICERS/ (NAMES) RIGHT: SOUTH AFRICA/ PRIVATES/ (NAMES) RIGHT RIGHT: SOUTH AFRICA/ PRIVATES/ (NAMES)/ MILITIA RESERVE/ (NAMES)/ VOLUNTEER COMPANY/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 212
Served and returned: 106
Died: 106
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: rank,surname - Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
Total names on memorial: 194
Served and returned: 97
Died: 97
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: rank,surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: height 8 FT, width 12 FT
Materials: Marble - Brown - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Frame
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST PETROC
- 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
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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