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The bronze bugler was created by Irish sculptor Kathleen Trousdell Shaw, and the base and pedestal were carved by stonemasons Purdy & Millard of Belfast.
Title
Royal Irish Fusiliers' Boer War Memorial: 'The Last Post'
Date
1906
Medium
granite & bronze
Accession number
BT61_FP_S406
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Armagh City and District Council
Custodian
Armagh City and District Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
6th October 1906
Access
at all times
Inscription description
etched onto the rock: THE LAST POST; inscribed on the front of the pedestal in black painted lettering: THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED / BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN / AND COMRADES TO THE MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED / OFFICERS, AND MEN OF THE / PRINCESS VICTORIA'S ROYAL / IRISH FUSILIERS WHO FELL / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR / COUNTRY DURING THE SOUTH / AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. / 1899-1902.; and within the bronze roundel above the inscription, reading clockwise from the top: FAUGH-A-BALLAGH / TALAVERA / TARIFA / VITTORIA / NIAGARA / TOULOUSE / AVA / EGYPT 1882-84 / RELIEF OF LADYSMITH / TEL-EL-KEBIR / SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 / PRINCESS VICTORIA'S / ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS / SEVASTOPOL / PENINSULA / ORTHES / NIVELLE / JAVA / BARROSA / MONTEVIDEO