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Title
Boer War Memorial
Date
1904
Medium
bronze & Hopton Wood stone
Measurements
H 465 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
TN9_RL_S035
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Custodian
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
21st June 1904
Access
at all times
Inscription description
erected / by friends to the / memory of those whose / names are inscribed below,/ Townsmen of Tonbridge / or / Old Boys of Tonbridge School./ They loyally gave their lives for Queen / and Country, and fighting in the War / against the Boers helped to save / South Africa for the Empire / 1899 – 1902 / “Their bodies are buried in peace, / but / Their name liveth for evermore.” / (names)