Roll of Honour - Warwickshire - Nuneaton Boer War

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NUNEATON BOER WAR MEMORIAL

Boer War - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2008

The Nuneaton Boer War Soldiers Memorial stood in Riversely Park, Coton Road, Nuneaton orginally it stood in Bond Gate, Nuneaton but was moved in 1967 when the area was redeveloped. It took the form of red granite plinth upon which stood a soldier in Boer war campaign dress with slouch hat, tipped back, loading his rifle whilst staring straight ahead. The memorial was unveiled 28th January 1905 by General Sir Redvers Buller, the monies, £160, being raised for its erection were by public subscription. The sculptor was Mr Adolphus E L Rost. The memorial listed 48 men who served and returned, and 5 who died, by rank Regiment, surname and forename. In November 2006 the statue was stolen when it was removed from the plinth with an angle grinder. An offer to replace the orginal with a replica, free of charge, was made by a local sculptor; the orginal dedication plaque went missing several years before. In January 2007 a public consultation process took place to discuss the replacement. A list of 52 names, not 53, exists in the library and has been reproduced here courtesy of Alan Munday, the names have been sorted into alphabetical order for ease of reading. These names do not denote who died and who returned.

From an old postcard

ERECTED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF NUNEATON
DISTRICT, WHO AT THE CALL OF
DUTY WENT FORTH TO FIGHT THEIR
COUNTRY'S BATTLES IN
SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE YEARS
1899 - 1902. BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE MIDLAND
COUNTIES TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER

ADAMS	Henry	Private. Regular.
BAILEY	G R	Trooper. Yeomanry.
BATES	Isaac	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
BAYLISS	F	Trooper. Yeomanry.
BLAIR	Campbell	Corporal. Yeomanry.
BLOXHAM	Thomas	Private. Regular.
BORNSON	M	Trooper. Yeomanry.
BUCKLER	J	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
CLEAVER	John	Lance Corporal. Yeomanry.
CLOVER	R	Trooper. Driscolls Scouts
CRAMPHORN	W	Private, Ambulance
DAULMAN	W	Trooper. Yeomanry.
DAY	John T	Private, Ambulance
DEACON	J G P	Lance Corporal. Yeomanry.
EVANS	Brian	Lieutenant. Regular.
EVANS	Geoffrey Charles	Lieutenant. Regular.
FAIRFIELD	?	Private. Regular.
FAIRFIELD	James	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
GREEN	George	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
HACKETT	Joseph	Private, Ambulance
HAYES	T J	Sergeant, Ambulance
HODKINS	?	Private. Regular.
HOLLOWAY	William	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
HOLTHAM	Frederick A	Private, Ambulance
HOROBIN	Frederick	Trooper. Yeomanry.
HYCROFTS	?	Trooper. Yeomanry.
ILLIFFE	O C	Compound, Royal Army Medical Corps.
JEFHCOTE	W	Private. Regular.
JOHNSON	J H	Private, Ambulance
KNOX	James M	Lieutenant, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
LEA	Charles	Trooper. Yeomanry.
LUCOCK	S H	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
MARGETTS	T	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
MEAKIN	James	Trooper. Yeomanry.
MEAKIN	William	Trooper. Yeomanry.
MORETON	T G	Sergeant, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
MUNTON	Thomas	Private. Regular.
PARKER	Albert	Private, Ambulance
PAYNE	James	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
RYAN	John	Sergeant, Ambulance
SMITH	John	Private. Regular.
SMITH	L	Trooper. Yeomanry.
STORER	Albert E	Sergeant. Regular.
TASSELL	C	Private. Regular.
TAYLOR	F A E	Private, Ambulance
THOMPSON	James	Private. Regular.
THONE	E	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
TITE	R	Private, Ambulance
VEASEY	J H	Corporal. South Rhodesian Volunteers
WASHBOURNE	E	Private, Veterinary Lieut. Volunteers
WHEETMAN	Ernest	Trooper. Yeomanry.
WHEWAY	J	Sergeant, Ambulance

Last updated 7 March, 2009

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