Colour 35 mm slide

Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.1002

Identification

Item: Penzance's tribute to the local loss of life in the Boer War

Description: The South African war had been followed through the correspondence in the Cornish Telegraphs and there was a public celebration when the troops returned. On 5 November at 1530 hours 1904, was the unveiling of this memorial to the fallen of the South African War which ended in May 1902. It was paid for by public subscription, made of Sicilian marble, and is the figure of a volunteer in khaki wearing a Baden-Powell hat and leaning on the butt end of a rifle. It was sculpted in London and laid on a granite pedestal with an inscription by Pascoe and Son of North Street, Penzance. The Duke of Cornwall's RGA Volunteer Band led the civic procession from the Public Buildings. Vaughn T Paul of Morrab Road also distributed postcards of the event.

Condition: Good

Description

Height: Mm

Width: Mm

Material: 35 mm slide

Production

Method: Developed

Date: 1945

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