Boer War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. War memorial.
Boer War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-hall-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1997
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boer War Memorial in Bury St Edmunds commemorates the 193 Suffolk men who died in the Boer War. It was constructed in 1904 by AG Walker and is made of stone. The memorial is located on an island site in the center of Cornhill, standing on a low raised platform paved with stone setts and surrounded by iron railings with low square vase-shaped stone posts.
The monument resembles a stone rectangular table tomb, featuring small moulded pillars at the corners and egg-and-dart ornamentation around the top. Each face of the tomb is panelled, with the panels on the south, east, and west sides displaying the names of those who were killed. The north face bears the inscription "VULNERATUS NON VICTUS" above the arms of West Suffolk, along with the words: "THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY SUFFOLK PEOPLE AS A MEMORIAL TO SUFFOLK SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902."
On the lid of the tomb, a bare-headed soldier is depicted seated in a defensive posture, holding a rifle, with his fallen helmet resting on the rocks below.
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