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Title
War Memorial
Date
1903
Medium
stone
Accession number
TD9_MA_S010
Acquisition method
erected by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Hawick Community Council
Custodian
Hawick Community Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
C (Scotland)
Unveiling date
22nd August 1903
Listing date
18/11/08
Access
at all times
Inscription description
ERECTED BY ALL CLASSES OF THIS BORDERLAND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF HAWICK AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE GREAT BOER / WAR OF 1899-1902 AS A MEMORIAL OF UNDYING REGARD / YOU DO WELL TO KEEP THEIR MEMORIES GREEN. YOU DO WELL TO CHERISH THE EXAMPLE THEY SET, AND TO OFFER THE ONLY CONSOLATION TO/ THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, THAT THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN VAIN - THAT THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED / (NAMES)
