WARRINGTON, SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT, BOER WAR MEMORIAL

Boer War - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martn Edwards 2007

The Warrington Boer War Memorial is to be found in the Queen's Gardens, Palmyra Square, Warrington, Cheshire. It commeorates the men from the South Lancashire Regiment who gave their lives during the South African (Boer) War 1899-1902. It covers men from botht he 1st and 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, 170 names in all. The memorial depicts Lieutenant-Colonel McArthur O'Leary who died while leading his men in the final charge on Pieters Hill; he is shown carrying field glasses and rifle, the statue being mounted on a rough hewn pedestal. The memorial was unveiled on 21st February 1907 by General Sir Redvers Buller; the memorial was wsculpted by Sir Edward Alfred Brisco Drury. The names have as yet to be transcribed.

From an old postcard

TO THE MEMORY OF THE
OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VOLUNTEER
[SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT]
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902
IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOUR CLEAR
ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES AND
FELLOW CITIZENS.
ENGAGEMENTS IN WHICH THE REGIMENT TOOK PART
SPION KOP VAAL KRANTZ
COLENSO KOPJES TUCELA HEIGHTS RIETER'S HILL
RELIEF OF LADYSMITH
BOTHA'S PASS LAING'S NEK ALLEMAN'S NEK
AND THE OCCUPATION OF
WAKKERSTROOM UTRECHT AND VRYHEID

Last updated 12 April, 2008