Bishop Auckland - Boer War - 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Northumberland Fusiliers, and Imperial Yeomanry Roll of Honour

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Reference WMO/287640

Address:

Town Hall

Market Place

Bishop Auckland

DL14 7NP

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: Brass wall plaque originally in the south wall, but removed in 1999. It is now mounted (without its marble pattress) in the ground floor lobby stairwell. There is a wide border of leaves and stems on a blackened background. At the centre top and within the dome shape, is the battalion badge surmounted by a crown and surrounded by a laurel wreath. The names are listed in five columns divided by vertical lines. The lettering is inscribed in elongated Roman capitals, with some red capitals.
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BOER WAR 1899-1902./IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEMBERS OF/THE 2ND VOL. BATTN DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY/WHO IN A DAY OF STRESS AND DANGER OFFERED THEMSELVES/IN PATRIOTIC DEVOTION TO SAFEGUARD THE INTERESTS OF/THE EMPIRE AND SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA, WITH THE/VOLUNTEER SERVICE COMPANIES AND IMPERIAL YEOMANRY./ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN AND FRIENDS./(137 names of whom 1 fell)/"NAUGHT SHALL MAKE US RUE/IF ENGLAND TO ITSELF DO REST BUT TRUE"

See photos. The fallen man was Private James Armstrong (recorded twice on the plaque).

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