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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Two sculptured figures mounted on pillar with a three-stepped base. A soldier in Boer War campaign dress with rifle, standing guard over a wounded bugler boy lying on ground. The sculptures are set atop a narrowing pillar of pink granite with bronze laurel wreath detail affixed to each side. The borough coat of arms is mounted on a pillar below a wreath on the six o'clock face. Inscriptions and names are gilded onto the pillar pedestal with colonette framing in grey granite. The base is flanked by two 9-pound field guns and surrounded by an iron chain fence. The memorial originally stood where the Guildhall, now Brangwyn Hall, stands.
Title

Boer War Memorial

Date

1904

Medium

Sicilian marble, pink granite, bronze & aluminium

Measurements

H 600 x W 150 x D 150 cm (E);
Plinth: H 10 x W 180 x D 180 cm (E)

Accession number

SA2_DO_S251

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Swansea Council

Custodian

Swansea Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

15th April 1904

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

plinth, base: W. BROWN / SWANSEA

Inscription description

plinth, front: THIS MONUMENT / TO THE MEMORY OF THE SWANSEA MEN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE / SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900-1-2 / WAS RAISED AT A COST OF £500, CONTRIBUTED / BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNS PEOPLE TO A SHILLING FUND / UNVEILED 15TH APRIL 1904 / BY THE MAYOR OF SWANSEA, / GRIFFITH THOMAS, ESQ.; plinth, right: KILLED IN ACTION / LEST WE FORGET / (NAMES); plinth, rear: DIED OF DISEASE / LEST WE FORGET / (NAMES); plinth, left: FOR THAT FAIR MOTHERLAND WHICH GAVE / THEM BIRTH, / NOBLY TO DARE, NOBLY TO DIE

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Located at

Mumbles Road, Brynmill

SA2 0AP

Located opposite Rugby Football Club Ground overlooking Swansea, in a grassed area between Mumbles Road and the beach.