Barnet Boer War Memorial

Christ Church, St Albans Road, Barnet, London, EN5 4LA

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Barnet Boer War memorial takes the form of a marble obelisk on a plinth. It commemorates those Old Scholars of Barnet Boys School who fell in the Boer War (1899 - 1902) and was erected in 1903. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444997
Date first listed:: 27-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Barnet Boer War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Christ Church, St Albans Road, Barnet, London, EN5 4LA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444997
Date first listed:: 27-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Barnet Boer War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Christ Church, St Albans Road, Barnet, London, EN5 4LA

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Christ Church, St Albans Road, Barnet, London, EN5 4LA

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Barnet (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ2429297046

Summary

Barnet Boer War memorial takes the form of a marble obelisk on a plinth. It commemorates those Old Scholars of Barnet Boys School who fell in the Boer War (1899 - 1902) and was erected in 1903.

Reasons for Designation

Barnet Boer War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices they made in the Boer War (1899 - 1902); * Design: as a simple yet dignified marble obelisk memorial; * Group value: with the adjacent Grade II-listed Christ Church.

History

Whilst the earliest outdoor war memorials in Britain were erected following the end of the Crimean War in 1855, the practice of erecting monuments to fallen soldiers did not become more widespread until the Second South African War (1899-1902), commonly called the Boer War. This was the first conflict in which Volunteer and Yeomanry units served overseas: some 54,000 British volunteers fought in the Boer War, which had a significant impact at home as more than 22,000 men died. The Imperial War Museum’s War Memorials Register records nearly 2,000 Boer War memorials, many of which are tablets and plaques put up to individual combatants, but include Regimental monuments, and memorials raised by towns and counties to their lost citizens. Barnet Boer War memorial was erected in July 1903 by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell, GCB.

Details

A marble obelisk, the front and back of which are decorated with a relief of rifle and sword, crossed over a laurel wreath. This rests on a square pedestal, also of marble; the front face of this bears the inscription: To the Glory of God / And / In Memory of / (names, with regiments) / OLD SCHOLARS OF THE BOYS SCHOOL / CHRIST CHURCH, BARNET. / WHO FELL WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN OF 1899 - 1902 / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY THEIR OLD SCHOOL-FELLOWS AND FRIENDS / JULY 1903. / "RENDER TO ALL THEIR DUES/ HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR." This rests on a square marble platform set on a stone paving slab.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1159

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.