NAM.1989-09-81-1

Gloucestershire, Somersetshire and Devonshire Regiments Boer War memorial plaque, 1902 (c). Plaster bas relief, probably by Onslow Whiting (1872-1937), 1902 (c) Bronze-painted plaster relief, in wooden frame; the full size maquette for one plaque on the south side of the base of the City of Plymouth’s Boer War Memorial obelisk, 1902 (c). The memorial, which is sited on Plymouth Hoe, is in the form of a 35 metre high pink granite obelisk. The sculptor, Onslow Whiting, was also responsible for the reliefs on the east side, depicting the Gloucestershire Regiment and Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) attacking a Boer position, and, on the west, the charge of the Devonshire Regiment at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith. On the south side a bronze relief by the Austrian artist Emil Fuchs representing the body of a soldier being borne aloft by two winged figures, is dedicated to Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867-1900). The foundation stone of the memorial was laid by the military artist Lady Butler on 4 August 1902, and it was unveiled by Lady Buller (wife of Gen Sir Redvers Buller) on August 1903

Boer War (1899-1902)