FDA-A.725-2018
Parts
FDA-A.725-2018
Identification
South African War memorial, 1899-1902
assigned by cataloguer
A report on the completion of the 1905 Boer War Memorial project, which involved redesigning the east end of College Chapel, included:
"The plate with the names and regiments of the dead soldiers has been placed on the West wall of the Chantry [Lupton's Chapel]. Your Committee regret that there are some who are not satisfied with this arrangement. It was not recommended till after long and full consideration of all available places in Chapel and it was only decided after a formal meeting of and consultation with the Executive Committee." [From manuscript ref: MISC/EMF/10]
"The plate with the names and regiments of the dead soldiers has been placed on the West wall of the Chantry [Lupton's Chapel]. Your Committee regret that there are some who are not satisfied with this arrangement. It was not recommended till after long and full consideration of all available places in Chapel and it was only decided after a formal meeting of and consultation with the Executive Committee." [From manuscript ref: MISC/EMF/10]
Description
Inscription on 7 pls. in cast frame with St. George and dragon in low relief
Lettering along top: 'MEMENTOTE:IN:DOMINO:ETONENSIUM:PRO:PATRIA:BELLO:AFRICANO:DEFUNCTORUM: / MDCCCXCIX-MDCCCCII:SEPULTORUM:IN:PACE:NOMINA:IN:AETERNUM:SUPERSUNT:'
Lettering on Panel 5 "CECIL:ARBUTHNOT:WHITE: / Lieut:Suffolk:Regt: / EDWARD:MANSFIELD:HANBURY: / 2nd:Lieut:E:Yorkshire:Regt:Militia: / HENRY:CECIL:THOROLD: / Capt:Leicester:Regt: / GEORGE:LOCKWOOD:DORMAN: / 2nd:Lieut:Yorkshire:Reg:Militia: / ERIC:FRASER: / Lieut:Lancashire:Fusiliers: / CHARLES:CECIL:HAYFORD:THOROLD: / Lieut:Col:Royal:Welch:Fusiliers: / ROGER:WHITLEY:BATE: / Lieut:Royal:Welch:Fusiliers:Militia: / WALMSLEY:DONAT:O'BRIEN: / Capt:Cameronians: / GEORGE:HAROLD:MATTHEWS: / Lieut:Gloucester:Regt: / WILLIAM:HAROLD:CATHCART: / Lieut:Worcester:Regt: / WALTER:GEORGE:BARTTELOT:BARONET: / Hon:Major:Sussex:Regt:2nd:V:B: / ERNEST:MAXWELL:WILLSHIRE: / Major:Black:Watch: / FREDERICK:DYMOKE:MURRAY: / Major:Black:Watch: / JAMES:FREDERICK:HOVELL-THURLOW-CUMMING:BRUCE: / Capt:Black:Watch: / CHARLES:RUSSELL:DAY: / Major:Oxfordshire:Light:Infantry: / HENRY:FARQUHAR:SCOTT: / Lieut:Berkshire:Regt:Militia: / ROBERT:HENRY:GUNNING: / Lieut:Col:K:R:R:C: / ROBERT:GEORGE:BUCHANAN-RIDDELL: / Lieut:Col:K:R:R:C: / WILLIAM:JOSEPH:MYERS: / Major:K:R:R:C:"
Lettering on Panel 2 "
Lettering on Panel 5 "CECIL:ARBUTHNOT:WHITE: / Lieut:Suffolk:Regt: / EDWARD:MANSFIELD:HANBURY: / 2nd:Lieut:E:Yorkshire:Regt:Militia: / HENRY:CECIL:THOROLD: / Capt:Leicester:Regt: / GEORGE:LOCKWOOD:DORMAN: / 2nd:Lieut:Yorkshire:Reg:Militia: / ERIC:FRASER: / Lieut:Lancashire:Fusiliers: / CHARLES:CECIL:HAYFORD:THOROLD: / Lieut:Col:Royal:Welch:Fusiliers: / ROGER:WHITLEY:BATE: / Lieut:Royal:Welch:Fusiliers:Militia: / WALMSLEY:DONAT:O'BRIEN: / Capt:Cameronians: / GEORGE:HAROLD:MATTHEWS: / Lieut:Gloucester:Regt: / WILLIAM:HAROLD:CATHCART: / Lieut:Worcester:Regt: / WALTER:GEORGE:BARTTELOT:BARONET: / Hon:Major:Sussex:Regt:2nd:V:B: / ERNEST:MAXWELL:WILLSHIRE: / Major:Black:Watch: / FREDERICK:DYMOKE:MURRAY: / Major:Black:Watch: / JAMES:FREDERICK:HOVELL-THURLOW-CUMMING:BRUCE: / Capt:Black:Watch: / CHARLES:RUSSELL:DAY: / Major:Oxfordshire:Light:Infantry: / HENRY:FARQUHAR:SCOTT: / Lieut:Berkshire:Regt:Militia: / ROBERT:HENRY:GUNNING: / Lieut:Col:K:R:R:C: / ROBERT:GEORGE:BUCHANAN-RIDDELL: / Lieut:Col:K:R:R:C: / WILLIAM:JOSEPH:MYERS: / Major:K:R:R:C:"
Lettering on Panel 2 "
Production
1902
History and association
• Lack, W., Stuchfield, H. Martin and Whittemore, P., The Monumental Brasses of Buckinghamshire, London: Monumental Brass Society, 1994 (p. 92, no. CCVII)