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Title
Boer War Memorial
Date
1905
Medium
bronze, granite & stone
Accession number
SA15_DO_S081
Acquisition method
erected by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
26th August 1905
Listing date
12/03/92
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the tapering pedestal: "GWELL ANGAU NA CHY WILYOD." / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN HONOUR OF THE / MEN OF LLANELLY AND DISTRICT, WHO, AT THE / EMPIRE'S CALL, LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES DURING / THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1902.; followed by names of falled soldiers; on the lower pedestal block: UNVEILED AUGUST 26TH, 1905, BY / FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HON. EARL ROBERTS, V,C., / K,G., K,P., G,C,B., O,M., G,C,S,I., G,C,I,E., / COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FORCES, / IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900.