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Location
In the Military Museum, Calbourne Mill, Calbourne, Isle of Wight Description A wooden panel, inscribed with the names of volunteers who served in the South African Wars. Originally installed at the Guildhall in Newport, the Memorial was placed in storage at some point in its history at Northwood House in Cowes. It was relocated to the Military Museum at Calbourne in 2002. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
BOER WAR 1899 - 1900 - 1 This Tablet is placed in the Council Chamber by The Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, to permanently Record The names of those Island Men, who nobly for their Country's cause, Volunteered & served at the above War in South Africa. G B Purkis, Mayor, 1901 Further Information |