Tonbridge Boer War Memorial
VlogMas Day 12: The Boer War Memorial near Tonbridge Castle. <br /> <br />The town's oldest war memorial commemorates the twenty-four 'Townsmen of Tonbridge or Old Boys of Tonbridge School' who died in the Boer War. <br />It stands between the riverside walk and the wall of Tonbridge Castle. <br /> It takes the form of an obelisk mounted on a plinth on a single-stepped base surrounded by metal railings; there are four balls at each corner of the base of the obelisk and the town coat of arms at the front. The main inscriptions are on a bronze plate on the front of the memorial. The memorial was unveiled in June 1902 by General Sir Redvers Buller. The masons were Messrs Alex MacDonald & Co, the architect Mr Herbert Gamble and the foundry Messrs Hart, Son, Peras and Co. Lt. <br />More Info : http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%....20REPORTS/TONBRIDGE% <br /> <br />Please Subscribe @ http://www.youtube.com/user/KentEnglandlife <br /> <br />Other Kent England Links : <br /> <br />Dailymotion : http://www.dailymotion.com/kentengland <br /> <br />Facebook :https://www.facebook.com/VisitKentEngland <br />https://www.facebook.com/kent.england.54 <br /> <br />Twitter : https://twitter.com/KentEnglandlife <br /> <br />Google+ : https://plus.google.com/u/0/10....2064423288960256694/ <br /> <br />Reddit :http://www.reddit.com/user/KentEngland/ <br /> <br />Tumblr : http://kentengland.tumblr.com/ <br /> <br />Blogger : http://kentenglandlife.blogspot.co.uk/ <br /> <br />VK : http://vk.com/id232382223 <br /> <br />Pinterest : http://www.pinterest.com/kentengland54/ <br /> <br />Stumbleupon : http://www.stumbleupon.com/stu....mbler/kentenglandlif <br /> <br />Instagram : https://instagram.com/kentenglandlife/ <br /> <br />Part of the Freedom Network. <br />If you would like to join Freedom : https://www.freedom.tm/via/KentEngland <br /> <br />Music: King of Peace by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) <br />Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
