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Title
Boer War Memorial
Date
2013
Medium
stone
Accession number
WN1_ML_S042
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Custodian
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
14th December 2013
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
park opening times
Inscription description
inscribed on the base: THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUSBCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN BELONGING TO THE REGULAR, / VOLUNTEER AND IMPERIAL YEOMANRY FORCES / OF WIGAN AND DISTRICT / WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899-1902
