{On a long bronze plaque across the top of the basin:}
To the Guy's men who died in the South African War, 1899 - 1902.
{The two bronze panels carry 11 names, see Subjects Commemorated.}
2022: Sebastian Bulmer told us about AngloBoerWar which has extensive photographs of this lovely memorial and some good information about the names on it.
SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - the Colonnade
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Guy's South African war memorial
Also known as the (second) (Anglo-)Boer War. The war is described in three ph...
A "Guy's man" who died in the South African War, 1899-1902. An obituary for t...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Guy's South African war memorial
Donated in 1950. The surrounding terrace layout was designed by Goetze in collaboration with Duncan Campbell in 1938. Sculptor: William ...
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Is it likely that the beloved friend was a horse or dog rather than a person?
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The gardens’ information board is interesting: St George’s Gardens was one of the very first burial grounds to be established away from ...
First erected in 1880 and moved here in 1904. We've found two images of it in the original location (iStock and Harringay on-line) which...
Bronze. This statue, considered Clarke's best work, belongs to the select group of seated London statues - see Peabody.
You can see that there used to be another plaque fixed to this wall. Let's hope it was a cheap temporary thing removed when this rather n...
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