Boer War Monument, City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 5GS

Naturalistic bronze memorial statue of c.1905 by Sydney March, situated on the East side of the City Hall. A formal granite base of four steps carries a battered plinth capped with arch-topped rectangular bronze plaques on each elevation. At each corner between the bronze plaques stand smaller figures of angels, two armed with swords,one with a trumpet and one mourning. Standing on a roughly-hewn granite boulder is a bronze statue of a soldier in topee and puttees with bayonet at the ready. The front plaque carries a Hibernian harp, the other sides record the names of members of the Royal Irish Rifles killed in the Boer War. A subsidiary tablet on the W face records names from associated regiments, the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment and 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment (1793-1881) and the Royal Ulster Rifles (1921-1968). Approximately 5.5m high. The memorial is enclosed by modern iron railings. Setting The memorial is surrounded by modern railings and set on grass lawns. One of a number of memorials in the grounds surrounding the City Hall (HB26/50/001A) and erected shortly after it (HB26/50/001B and HB26/50/001D-001J). Many of the buildings around Donegall Square are also similar in date, contributing to the context of this structure. Pedestal, Granite. Statue, Bronze