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| HER Number: | MDV107159 |
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| Name: | Holbeton Boer War Memorial Plaques |
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Summary
Two brass plaqes in memory of five men of the parish who died in the Boer War.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 613 501 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Holbeton |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLBETON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WAR MEMORIAL (XIX to XX - 1899 AD to 1902 AD (Between))
Full description
Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, 110; Figure 5.6e-f; HOL03, HOL05 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.
Large brass plaque with Inscription: ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF HOLBETON/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/WHO FELL IN ACTION OR DIED FROM WOUNDS AND/SICKNESS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/1899 - 1902. This is followed by the five names and regiments of the casualties.
There is also a separate one to one of the casualties erected by his comrades.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25584 (Website). SDV356253.
Wall-mounted brass plaque with incised black and red lettering and a decorative border.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ A DEAR FRIEND AND GALLANT COMRADE/ ALEXANDER RICHARD MILDMAY/ CAPTAIN KING'S ROYAL RIFLES/ WHO FELL IN ACTION AT BLOOD RIVER POORT/ SOUTH AFRICA, 17TH SEPT 1901,/ AGED 28 YEARS/ ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES IN GOUGH'S M.I./ WITH WHOM HE SERVED FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66678 ] |
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| SDV355902 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, S.. 2010. The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon. University of Exeter. Digital. 110; Figure 5.6e-f; HOL03, HOL05. |
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| SDV356253 | Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25584. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3161 | Part of: Holbeton, All Saints (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2014 9:55AM |
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