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Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial

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Obelisk on a panelled pedestal with ornamental scroll trusses at each corner and an enriched cornice. At the base of the obelisk are four balls and the arms of the town.
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)

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Located at

High Street (near), Tonbridge

TN9 1BG

Near Tonbridge Castle on the banks of the River Medway.