NEWCASTLE
UPON TYNE, NORTHUMBRIAN REGIMENTS BOER WAR MEMORIAL
BOer
War - Detailed information
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2008
The
memorial is to be found in Newcastle city centre outside Haymarket metro
station and takes the form of a large four-stepped base surmounted by
plinth, tapering hexagonal column and winged figure of victory. At the
base is another female figure representing Northumbria and there is
an inscription in relief on the front face of the column. There are
131 names on plaques on the sides with relief panels besides them, these
have yet to be transcribed. The winged figure of victory stands with
her right arm holding out a laurel garland and a sword in her left hand
and the figure of Northumbria at the base stands looking upwards with
a palm branch in memory of her fallen sons in her out-stretched right
hand and a standard in the other. The relief panel shows a battle scene;
each panel is linked by a garland. The memorial was unveiled by Lieutenant
Genral Sir Laurence Oliphant on 22nd June 1908, it was designed by Mr
T Eyre Macklin, the mason was Mr J C Ferguson and the founders were
Messrs Montacutelli Freres. It cost £4,707 0s 0d to build. Details
are to be found in the Newcastle Council Miuntes 1901-1908, the Evening
Chronicle 26th April 1965 and the City News 1976. The figure of victory
was removed before work was done on the metro tunnels and the figure
was reinstated three years later with an new cast bronze body and fibre-glass
wings. At some point the South African emblems around the base were
removed for political reasons and are now missing.
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
THE OFFICERS
NON COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND
MEN OF THE
NORTHUMBRIAN
REGIMENTS
WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES
IN THE
SOUTH AFRICAN
WAR
1899 1902
ERECTED BY THEIR
COUNTY AND COMRADES
STEADFAST IN LIFE VALIANT IN DEATH
Names
still to be transcribed
Last updated
2 October, 2008
|
