Memorial
1st Cheshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers) Boer War
1st Cheshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers) Boer War
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Current Location
Army Reserve Centre, Whitford Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH42 7JB, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 31571 87553
Names
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 2332
- Description
- Large portrait oriented, round-arch-headed, engraved brass plaque on a wall mounted wooden backboard. Decorative border band encloses, top to bottom of plaque, a coloured regimental crest, inscription, names and a further inscription. Border, inscriptions and names infilled with black paint.
- Inscription
- NON SOLUM ARMES SED ETIUM SCIENTIA / FIRST : CHESHIRE : ROYAL / ENGINEERS : (VOLUNTEERS) / CAPTAIN / (1 NAME) / LIEUTENANT / (1 NAME) / SECOND LIEUTENANT / (1 NAME) / COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR / (1 NAME) / SERGEANTS / (2 NAMES) / BAND SERGEANT (1 NAME) / CORPORALS / (8 NAMES) / SECOND CORPORALS / (6 NAMES) / LANCE CORPORALS / (4 NAMES) / SAPPERS / (35 NAMES) / THIS PLATE BEARING THE NAMES OF THOSE MEMBERS / OF THE FIRST CHESHIRE ROYAL ENGINEERS (VOLUNTEERS) / WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AND SERVED IN / THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 WAS ERECTED / BY THE CORPORATION OF BIRKENHEAD AS A LASTING / RECORD OF THE HIGH APPRECIATION BY THEIR / FELLOW TOWNSMEN OF THEIR PATRIOTISM / BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO THEIR COUNTRY.
- War
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Number Commemorated
- 60
- Died
- 60
- Information shown
- Regiment, rank, forename, forename initials, surname
- Order of names
- Rank. Each rank group listed alphabetically by surname
- Sponsor Type
- corporate
- Sponsored By
- Corporation of Birkenhead
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good
- Backboard
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 247127
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