Memorial

South Lancashire Regiment Boer War

South Lancashire Regiment Boer War Memorial

Source: Copyright David Bignall

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Current Location

Located within the park, Palmyra Gardens (also known as Queen's Gardens), Springfield Street, Warrington, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BL, England

SJ 60421 88047

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 1996
Description: Soldier carrying fieldglasses and rifle surmounting rough hewn pedestal. Statue depicts Colonel O'Leary who died while leading his men in the final charge on Pieters Hill. A relief frieze on plaque depicts the dead body of a soldier, an angel at one end and widow and child at the other.
Inscription: (12 O'CLOCK): TO THE MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VOLUNTEERS / [SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT] / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 / IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOUR CLEAR / ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES AND / FELLOW CITIZENS. / ENGAGEMENTS IN WHICH THE REGIMENT TOOK PART / SPION KOP VAAL KRANTZ / COLENSO KOPJES TUGELA HEIGHTS PIETER'S HILL / RELIEF OF LADYSMITH / BOTHA'S PASS LAING'S NEK ALLEMAN'S NEK / AND THE OCCUPATION OF / WAKKERSTROOM UTRECHT AND VRYHEID (6 O'CLOCK): SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT / 1ST BATTALION / OFFICERS / (NAMES) / NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / (NAMES) / MILITIA RESERVISTS LEINSTER REGT./ )(NAMES) / 3RD BATTALION / OFFICERS / (NAMES) / NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / (NAMES / VOLUNTEER BATTALIONS / (NAMES) Small plaque THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY / SIR REDVERS BULLER, V.C. / ON THE 21ST FEBRUARY 1907 // JAMES SMETHURST J.P. / MAYOR. // HENRY ROBERTS, J.P. / CHAIRMAN OF / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 170
Died: 170
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, regiment, rank, service number
Order of names: regiment THEN rank THEN surname
Additional Information: see the attached transcribed ames list for full details of the names

Maker(s): Edward Alfred Brisco Drury ARA, Sculptor
Maintenance History: 2010: Refurbished as part of changes done to Queen's Gardens. Repairs minimalised the damage from vandalism that was sustained a few years previous.