South African War
N5, Highbury Fields
We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war actually ended on 31 May 1902. The memorial gives 1903 as t...
111 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war actually ended on 31 May 1902. The memorial gives 1903 as t...
Prior to WW2 this crescent was occupied by a landscaped garden and was quite a swanky address. Ornamental Passions has an article on the...
The last digit of the year is difficult to decipher, but we've plumped for 1918 being the year. The cross is planted in a heap of stones...
Made of Carrara marble. The list of names is contained within an arch composed of fluted Ionic columns supporting an allegorical statue g...
Bronze. The delightful dolphin spout is very similar to that at St Dunstan's. The initials H and F appear to either side of the dolphin.
The short verse, in the voice of the fallen, is touching and manages to be uplifting until the last word. It has been used on a number of...
{On the large stone plaque at the centre of this sombre memorial:} Major-General Lord Cheylesmore, GBE, KCMG, KCMO, Grenadier Guards. Bo...
The plaque does not point out that not all of the WW2 names were in the armed forces when killed: H. F. Phillips had survived his service...
On the wall of the Oratory behind there are two sculptured plaques with flowers and leaves, to the left, three stars at the top and "SPN"...