Memorial

Hexham Volunteer Company 1st Volunteer Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Boer War

Hexham Volunteer Company

Source: Copyright JBE Hale

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Current Location

to the right just inside main entrance door, Hexham Abbey, Beaumont Street, Hexham, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE46 3NB, England

NY 93547 64106

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 34073
Description: Brass Plaque. There is a wide patterned border of flowers. The names are listed in two columns using black Roman capitals.
Inscription: THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE/ THE PATRIOTISM OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF/ THE HEXHAM CO. OF THE 1ST VOL. BN. NORTHUMBERLAND/ FUSILIERS, WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN/ THE BOER WAR 1898 (SIC) - 1902. SOME OF WHOM/ LOST THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRY'S CAUSE/ (NAMES) AND ALSO OF THE FOLLOWING TOWNSMEN WHO/ VOLUNTEERED AND DIED DURING THE SAID WAR/ (NAMES)

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 47
Served: 5
Died: 42
Information shown: rank,regiment,manner of death, surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: rank THEN surname

Unveiled

3rd September 1905

Colonel Lockhart

Plaque

Height: 1070MM

Width: 610MM

Depth: 5mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

WMSH51.5
http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7595
Hexham Parish Magazine June 1901 contains a transcript of Order of service of Thanksgiving for the safe return of Volunteers held in Hexham Abbey on May 21st 1901;