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Title
Boer War Memorial Obelisk
Date
1903
Medium
granite
Measurements
H 300 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
NG1_MM_S010
Acquisition method
presented by Thomas I. Birkin, lace manufacturer
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Nottingham City Council
Custodian
Nottingham City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
26th March 1903
Listing date
30/11/95
Access
at all times
Inscription description
face one: VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS / TO THE MEMORY OF / OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF / NOTTINGHAM / WHO VOLUNTARILY AND PATRIOTICALLY / GAVE THEIR SERVICES TO THE / COUNTRY DURING THE / SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899 - 1902, / AND WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE / NOBLY PERFORMING THEIR DUTY. / THE NAMES OF ALL ARE / RECORDED HEREON WITH THE / REGIMENTS TO WHICH THEY / WERE ATTACHED. / FOR QUEEN, KING AND COUNTRY. / UNVEILED 26TH MARCH 1903 BY / GEN LORD METHUEN, KCB. KCVO, GCB, CB, CMG. PRESENTED TO / THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM / BY / THOMAS ISAAC BIRKIN, JP, DL; other faces: (Names); information board: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE BOER (OR AFRICAN) WAR IN THE 1890s. THE FOUR SIDES LIST FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF SOLDIERS IT WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED AT THE BOTTOM OF KING STREET BUT WAS MOVED HERE IN 1927 WHEN IT WAS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE NEW TROLLEY BUSES. THE OBELISK AND ITS SUPPORTS ARE MADE OF RED GRANITE.
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