Belgian Patriots

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Reference WMO/301392

Address:

Southampton Old Cemetery

Hill Lane

Southampton

SO15 5UQ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Calvary
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Rough hewn domed base surmounted by a hexagonal shaft and crucifix with a tiled roof, all constructed with light grey stone . On each face of the domed base there are inset tablets , on the front face a stone tablet with a low relief carved lion holding a tablet and a list of names set in lead cast type . On the other three faces there are metal tablets , one with a further list of names and the other two with parts of the dedication.On the front face of the shaft on the lower part there is the main part of the commemoration in inset cast lead letters .
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CROSS SHAFT BASE, FRONT: INRI / IN MEMORIUM / MILITUM / BELGICORUM / QUI MORTEM / PRO PATRIA/ OPPETIERUNT /MDCCCCXIV-VII / REQUIESCANT IN PACE/ PLINTH, 6 O'CLOCK FACE: IN HOC COEMETERIO JACENT / CAPIT PONCHAUT / (NAMES)/CONSTITUTION/BELGE/1831/ PLINTH, 9 O'CLOCK FACE: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF / BELGIAN PATRIOTS / BY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHAMPTON / A.W. PEARCE J.P. /CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE / T.W. FLADGATE (BELGIAN CONSUL) / HON. SECRETARY / GARRET & HAYSOM, FECIT MAY 23RD 1916 PLINTH, 12 O'CLOCK FACE: IN HOC COEMETERIO JACENT / (NAMES) / IN COEMETERIO APUD STONEHAM / SEPULTUS EST / (NAME) PLINTH, 3 O'CLOCK FACE: IN COEMETERIO APUD NETLEY SEPTULI SUNT / (NAMES)

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