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Boer War Memorial

Onslow Whiting
E.J. Parlanti (London)
1905

Description

Statue of a helmeted soldier holding a rifle with his left hand taking a cartridge from his pouch with his right, standing on a roughly-hewn block of granite, which a sphinx, the badge of the Gloucester Regiment. It is unveiled by Earl Roberts on 4 March 1905.

Inscription(s)

In Memory of
the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers
and Men of the Gloucestershire Regiment
who gave their lives for this Sovereign
and Country in the South African Campaign
1899-1902
Erected by all ranks
of the seven battalions of the Regiment
(List of names)

Signature

onslow whiting 1904

Memorial - list of names

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Sculptor

Onslow Whiting (London 1872 - 1937), British sculptor (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Roll of Honour, Boer War Memorial.
Gloucester Citizen, Saturday 4 March 1905 (British Newspaper Archive).
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Saturday 11 February 1905 (idem).

Locatie (N 51°27'27" - W 2°36'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbsw028; Photograph: 21 March 2019
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