Southampton Volunteer Ambulance Corps (2nd Boer War)

Southampton Voluntary Ambulance Corps in 1901 - Taken by © Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery (WMR-21583) 01 Dec 1901

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Southampton Voluntary Ambulance Corps in 1901 - Taken by © Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery (WMR-21583) 01 Dec 1901

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Plinth with original lost inscription, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Clive Farmer (WMR-21583) 21 Feb 2010

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Plaque with copy of original inscription, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Clive Farmer (WMR-21583) 21 Feb 2010

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Plaque with copy of original inscription, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Clive Farmer (WMR-21583) 21 Feb 2010

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Southampton Voluntary Ambulance Corps, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Clive Farmer (WMR-21583) 21 Feb 2016

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Reference WMO/294481

Address:

Southampton Old Cemetery

Cemetery Road

Souhampton

SO15 2RY

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace

Description: Obelisk

Materials:

Metal Brass
Stone Stone (any)
Timber Oak

Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque

Conflicts:

Boer War, Second (1899-1902)

About the memorial: This memorial has recently been restored by the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery. (See link). The full description of it is taken from the IWM Register - "All in white stone a three stepped rectangular base , the first and third step with straight sides , the second with concave curved sides , on which is a rectangular plinth with sides sloping inwards towards the top , three faces of which contain the dedication and names. On the top part of the plinth above the dedication on all four sides is deeply carved foliate decoration including on the front face a simple shield with three roses (the arms of Southampton ). Surmounting the plinth is a rectangular obelisk tapering towards the top , towards the bottom of the front face of the obelisk is a simple red cross enclosed in a decorative circle , thought to be the symbol of the Red Cross .The inscription is incised and coloured black . The makers name is incised on the bottom level of the base on the front face towards the left . Adjacent to the main memorial is a later addition , consisting of a small oak plinth , with an angled top on which is a brass plaque with a further commemoration . This latter is thought to have been added as the inscriptions on the original memorial have been eroded and are now illegible."

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Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery - "For many years, all that could be seen here was the much-weathered plinth with the broken apex of the column lying, part buried, nearby. The broken pillar, for some reason, had been taken to the northern part of the cemetery and abandoned. A few years ago, thanks to two members of FoSOC, pillar, apex and plinth were re-united and are able to be seen, once again, together, in the memorial restored by Allstone, stonemasons of Shirley in the city. This is an example of a memorial without bodies beneath it. It was provided as a tribute, a first of its kind, to those from Southampton who went out to the South African War in 1900,as part of the Southampton Volunteer Ambulance Corps, three members dying there, in service, of disease. All others from the Corps returned home safely to tell their stories.."

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Inscription:

Front face - A TRIBUTE/TO THE MEMORY OF/THREE OF SOUTHAMPTON'S SONS/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/IN THEIR COUNTRY'S SERVICE/AS MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHAMPTON /VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS/IN SOUTH AFRICA/IN THE BOER WAR A D 1900/THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS/ left face - /EXTRACT FROM LETTER/I DESIRE TO BEAR MY TESTIMONY/TO THEIR HIGH CHARACTER AND TO THE/ERNESTNESS WHICH CHARACTERISED THEIR/WORK/OFTEN HAVE I NOTED THE TENDERNESS /AND CHEERFULNESS WITH WHICH THEY/DISCHARGED THEIR DUTIES/H J ROSE HON MAJOR/CHAPLAIN TO H M FORCES/ORANGE RIVER CAPE COLONY/24TH APRIL 1900/ right face /SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/NAMES /ALL OF WHOM SUCCUMBED TO ENTERIC FEVER AT BLOEMFONTEIN SOUTH AFRICA/

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