Second Boer War Memorial, York

The Second Boer War Memorial lies in the city centre of York, in England.

The memorial, in 2016
Two of the statues

The war memorial lies on Duncombe Place, near York Minster. It commemorates the soldiers from Yorkshire who died in the Second Boer War, between 1899 and 1902. In total, there are 1,459 names on the memorial. It was designed by G. F. Bodley and constructed by Robert Bridgeman & Sons.[1][2]

The memorial is in the Perpendicular Gothic style and is built of Ketton stone. It stands on an octagonal stepped base, and its upright is also octagonal, with buttresses and topped with finials. Its top is in a lantern form, and atop that is a cross and small shield. The front has eight niches, holding a statue representing different forces: a sailor, cavalryman, artilleryman, infantryman, imperial yeoman, militiaman, volunteer and nurse.[1][3] The initial statue of a sailor showed him holding a Lee-Enfield Magazine Rifle Mark I, which was rejected as overly aggressive, and instead installed at the library in Lichfield.[4][2]

The memorial was unveiled on 3 August 1905, in the presence of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.[1] In 1961, the memorial was struck by lightning.[5] In 1968, it was grade II* listed.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Yorkshire - Boer War". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (2005). Public sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780853239895.
  3. Historic England. "South African War Memorial (1257874)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. Tomlinson, Barbara (2015). Commemorating the Seafarer. Boydell Press. p. 93. ISBN 9781843839705.
  5. Chrystal, Paul (2015). York in the 1960s. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445640969.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.