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Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Wigan
Town
Wigan
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 2013
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
78731

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Current location

In front of the Pavilion
Mesnes Park
Parson's Walk
Wigan
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN1 1TU
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 57916 06396
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Inscribed granite plinth, surmounted by a carved stone figure of an officer in khaki drill, sun helmet and Sam Browne belt, with left hand resting on a sheathed sword. The plinth is from the original memorial (recorded on this database as memorial number 18517). The statue is a replacement, erected in 2013, for the original statue, which was removed in 1968 and subsequently lost. The memorial is set within railings.
Inscription
THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN BELONGING TO THE REGULAR / VOLUNTEER AND IMPERIAL YEOMANRY FORCES / OF WIGAN AND DISTRICT / WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899-1902
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Details: Friends of Wigan's Boer War Memorial, public subscription, Brighter Borough Fund, Duchy of Lancaster, Friends of Mesnes Park, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Manchester Guardians, SAVE Wigan, the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, the Grenadier Guards Cadets, the King's Royal Hussars Cadets, the Air Training Corps and Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust.

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