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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A statue of a bareheaded rifleman carrying a rifle, his pith helmet at his feet, upon a slightly tapering pedestal. It is rough on three sides and polished on the front, resting on a shorter block, itself upon a rock-faced block raised on two steps.
Title

Boer War Memorial

Date

1905

Medium

bronze, granite & stone

Accession number

SA15_DO_S081

Acquisition method

erected by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

26th August 1905

Listing date

12/03/92

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on the tapering pedestal: "GWELL ANGAU NA CHY WILYOD." / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN HONOUR OF THE / MEN OF LLANELLY AND DISTRICT, WHO, AT THE / EMPIRE'S CALL, LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES DURING / THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1902.; followed by names of falled soldiers; on the lower pedestal block: UNVEILED AUGUST 26TH, 1905, BY / FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HON. EARL ROBERTS, V,C., / K,G., K,P., G,C,B., O,M., G,C,S,I., G,C,I,E., / COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FORCES, / IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900.

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Located at

Town Hall Square, Llanelli

SA15 3AH

Located at immediately south of the Town Hall, within enclosed gardens.