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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Torridge
Town
Westwood Ho
County
Devon
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
Gawthorp and Sons (Manufacturer)
Lost
Lost
WM Reference
56749

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Previous locations
  • United Services College
    Westwood Ho
    Torridge
    Devon
    England

    OS Grid Ref: ST 554 329
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Imperial Service College Chapel
    Windsor
    Windsor and Maidenhead
    Berkshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Su 960 760
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
A lancet headed rectangular plaque. The United Services College crest is depicted at the top with the inscription below. Single line border frames the inside of the plaque and creates decorative squares at the bottom of each corner.
Inscription
AFRICA/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING OLD PUPILS OF/ THE UNITED SERVICES COLLEGE/ WESTWOOD HO!/ WHO HAVE DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN AFRICA/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,decorations
    Order of information: year died,rank,forename,decorations,regiment,place of death
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Condition
History
c. 1903: Following financial difficulties the College amalgamated with St Marks School in Windsor, where the plaque was going to be moved to the chapel there. It is not known if it was moved to Windsor or never left Westwood Ho, or if it moved to Haileybury when the College merged with Haileybury College in 1942. In c1942 following further finacial difficulties exacertbated by the war,it was amalgamated with Haileybury, to be Haileybury and Imprial Service College.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 12 / 1911 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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