Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Berwick Upon Tweed
- Town
- Berwick Upon Tweed
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Placed
Date: October 1902
Attended by: Captain Alexander Steven
- Placed
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 91092
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Current location
Town Hall & Cell Block Museum
Marygate
Berwick Upon Tweed
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1BN
England
OS Grid Ref: NT 99906 52904
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wooden Board- at top is a decoration featuring the Northumberland Fusiliers badge and the Berwick town badge. The names are gilded, in two columns, in sans serifs capitals
- Inscription
- BERWICK UPON TWEED/V.B. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS/TO COMMEMORATE THE PART PLAYED/IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1900-1902/BY BK RIFLES G CPY 1ST V.B. N.F. THIS/TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY/CAPTAIN ALEXANDER STEVEN/OFFICER COMMANDING COMPANY AND/A LIST OF MEMBERS WHO WENT/OUT TO THE FRONT ON ACTIVE/SERVICE AS VOLUNTEERS APPENDED/BERWICK UPON TWEED/OCTOBER 1902
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cochrane, J
Conway, W
Douglas, R
Dunlop, W S
Frizzle, R
Heslop, J J
Johnston, R
Lawson, T H
Maddan, W
Marshall, J
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 18
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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 - Reference
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