Boer War Memorial, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth by Onslow Whiting R.A, Mr Fred W Marks, M Emil Fuchs M.V.O.

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Boer War Memorial, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth by Onslow Whiting R.A, Mr Fred W Marks, M Emil Fuchs M.V.O.
Boer War Memorial, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth by Onslow Whiting R.A, Mr Fred W Marks, M Emil Fuchs M.V.O.

(SOUTH FACE) IN MEMORY OF CHRISTIAN VICTOR PRINCE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, CAPTAIN/ AND BREVET MAJOR, THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS, DIED AT PRETORIA OCTOBER 29 1900, ELDEST/ SON OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GRANDSON OF VICTORIA, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, EMPRESS OF INDIA
From Imperial War Museum "Description
TALL OBELISK ON MASSIVE PLINTH AND TWO STEPPED BASE. DECORATIVE RELIEF PANELS AROUND THE PLINTH (SEE BELOW) RELIEF PANELS DEPICT (WEST) FIGHTING FIGURES, (SOUTH) ANGELS CARRYING THE FIGURE OF CHRISTIAN VICTOR WITH WORDS 'TOWARDS ANOTHER WORLD' (EAST) THE ATTACK OF THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT AS MENTIONED IN GENERAL WHITE'S DISPATCHES (NORTH) TEXT ONLY
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(NORTH FACE) THIS OBELISK IS ERECTED BY ALFRED MOSELY TO THE MEMORY OF CHRISTIAN VICTOR PRINCE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN AND TO THE OFFICERS AND NON/ COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOMERSET AND DEVONSHIRE REGIMENTS WHO FELL DURING THE BOER WAR 1899 - 1902/ WITTEBERGEN JOHANNESBERG DIAMOND HILL BOTHAVILLE/ PIETER'S HILL LADYSMITH LAINGS NEK BELFAST (EAST FACE) 'ONE POINT IN OUR POSITION WAS OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY THE WHOLE DAY, BUT AT DUSK,/ IN A VERY HEAVY RAINSTORM, THEY WERE TURNED OUT OF THEIR POSITION AT THE POINT OF/ THE BAYONET IN THE MOST GALLANT MANNER BY THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT LED BY./ COL PARK' GENERAL WHITE'S DESPATCHES 7 JANUARY 1900/ ELANDSLAACTE WAGON HILL LADYSMITH BERGENDAL/ COLENSO SPION KOP LAINGS NEK (SOUTH FACE) IN MEMORY OF CHRISTIAN VICTOR PRINCE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, CAPTAIN/ AND BREVET MAJOR, THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS, DIED AT PRETORIA OCTOBER 29 1900, ELDEST/ SON OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRITIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GRANDSON OF VICTORIA, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, EMPRESS OF INDIA/ COLENSO SPION KOP VAALKRANTZE MONTE CARISTO/ PIETER'S HILL LADYSMITH TUGELA HEIGHTS LOMBARDS KOP THIS FOUNDATION WAS LAID BY LADY BUTLER 4TH AUGUST 1902/ THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED BY LADY AUDREY BULLER 8TH AUGUST 1903 JOHN CUMMING JP CHAIRMAN OF THE HOE AND RECREATIONAL GARDENS COMMITEE/ JOSEPH ARTHUR BELLAMY MAYOR"

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Taken on: October 11, 2018
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Sets appears in:   • Plymouth Plaques    • Prince Christian Victor Albert Louis Ernest Anton (1867-1900).    more » • Princess Helena Augusta Victoria (1846-1923) and her family.    • The South African or Boer Wars    • Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon    • Plymouth, Devon     • Boer War related Memorials    • Victoria and Albert and their family    • War Memorials    « less
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