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Title
Obelisk Boer War memorial
Date
1910
Medium
granite
Measurements
H 610 x W 115 x D 115 cm
Accession number
CM2_TJ_S725
Acquisition method
erected by Sir F. Carne Rasch from subscriptions
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Chelmsford City Council
Custodian
Chelmsford City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
1st January 1910
Access
at all times
Inscription description
LEST WE FORGET / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, NON–COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE ESSEX REGIMENT / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION, DIED OF WOUNDS OR DIS[E]AS[E] / DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899–1902 / ERECTED BY SIR F. CARNE RASCH / FROM FUNDS SUBSCRIBED AS A TESTIMONIAL TO HIM / BY HIS FRIENDS IN ESSEX IN RECOGNITION / OF HIS SERVICES AS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT / 1886–1908
