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Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial
Boer War Memorial

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A bronze statue of a soldier in a pith helmet with downcast gaze and reversed rifle. It is on a high stone plinth with names and explanatory material in panels and on the steps.
Title

Boer War Memorial

Date

1907

Medium

bronze & Portland stone

Accession number

GL50_JC_S054

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Cheltenham Borough Council

Custodian

Cheltenham Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

14/12/83

Access

at all times

Inscription description

SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 / THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN / MEMORY OF THOSE CHELTENHAM / MEN, WHO, EITHER AS REGULARS, / OR VOLUNTEERS, DIED IN THEIR / COUNTRY'S SERVICE, DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, AND ON / THE SIDE PANELS HEREOF ARE / RECORDED THE NAMES OF THOSE / CHELTENHAM MEN WHO VOLUNT- / EERED, AND SERVED IN THE WAR / (NAMES) / UNVEILED BY LT. COL SIR IAN HAMILTON K.C.B. / 17TH JULY 1907 / W. NASH SKILLICORNE, MAYOR.

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Located at

The Promenade, Cheltenham

GL50 1PJ

Located at the corner of the Promenade gardens at the junction of Crescent Terrace.