Boer War Memorial In Victoria Park

The Boer War memorial in Victoria Park, Ormskirk, dates from around 1905 and is made of red sandstone with bronze plaques. It is designed in the form of an obelisk, featuring a square base with square corner piers that are approximately 1 metre high. The piers are slightly tapered and have sides carved in narrow panels with floral patterns in the Art Nouveau style. On the east side of the base, between the piers, there is a bronze panel with raised lettering that reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF BRAVE / MEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT / FOR THEIR COUNTRY THIS / COLUMN HAS BEEN ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION."

Above the square pedestal of the obelisk is another plaque, which is headed with the words: "SERGT. MAJOR NUNNERLY OF THE 17TH LANCERS ONE OF THE SIX HUNDRED. DIED NOVEMBER 22ND 1905." This commemorates a survivor from the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, who later became a draper in Ormskirk. Below this plaque are the name and details of one Boer War casualty. The west side features a similar plaque that lists the details of two other Boer War casualties.