David Oliphant

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Reference WMO/289325

Address:

St Nicholas' Cathedral

St Nicholas' Square

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

NE1 1PF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Copper
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
About the memorial: Copper plaque with wide elaborate border with leaves raised in each corner. At top is a crest of three crescents and two stars in white on a red background. At bottom is a shield with a red background bearing a red cross inside a white cross with a white castle in the top left hand quarter. On either side of and above the shield is a scroll with the words "STUDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE IN THIS CITY 1894-1897". In the central plaque, the lettering is raised in casting using Roman capital letters. It is on the west wall of the south crossing.
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DAVID OLIPHANT/ KILLED AT PEKING JULY 5 1900/ AGED 24 YEARS./ "THE QUEEN HEARD WITH FEELINGS OF/ ADMIRATION AND PRIDE OF THE MANNER/ IN WHICH MR DAVID OLIPHANT FOUGHT SIDE/ BY SIDE WITH THE MARINES IN THE DEFENCE/ OF THE LEGATION DURING THE FOUR EVENT/ -FUL WEEKS, AND HOW HE SACRIFICED HIS/ LIFE IN DEVOTION TO OTHERS."/ EXTRACTED FROM A LETTER SENT BY QUEEN VICTORIA TO HIS FATHER/ STUDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE IN THIS CITY 1984-1897

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