Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Westminster
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
Blomfield Jackson FRIBA (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 25 January 1907
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
63575

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Current location

South wall of lobby facing entrance to School
Westminster School
Little Deans Yard
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1P 3PF
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 300 794
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Marble tablet with broken pediment and school arms.
Inscription
DAT DEUS INCREMENTUM/ (Names)/ NE LONGINQUAE TAMEN SEPULTERAE SUA LAUS NON ACCEDERET/ NEU DE NOSTRORUM BENE FACTIS NON COMMONERENTUR NOSTRI/ EORUM QUI ADVERSUS HOSTEM TENACISSIMUM PROPUGNANTES/ IN BELLO AFRICANO PER BIENNIUM NUPER GESTO OCCIDERUNT/ NOMINA HUIC TABULAE MANDAVERUNT AD PIUM PRAECONIUM/ WESTMONASTERIENSES/ COMMUNIS MINERVAE MEMORES PUEILISQUE CONTUBERNii/ AT TU QUISQUIS HAEC LEGES DISCE ET IPSE/ FAMAM VICTURAM VEL MORTE VEL VITA PACISCI/ A.S. MCMVI
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Cunningham, G A D F
Davidson, F C D
Healey, H T
Prothero, F L
Quin, H G
Wilkins, F A P
See details for all 6 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Green, Marble - White, Marble - Red
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James p.142 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London Dedicated by Dr Gow, Headmaster 1901-1919.
  • Local Publication/Booklet L E Tanner: 'Westminster School' (1923) pp.30-31

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