Memorial Details
What type of memorial is it?
Window
How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?
THREE LIGHT WINDOW DECORATED AS BELOW WITH ASSOCIATED TABLET

LIGHTS DEPICT (LEFT TOP) JOSHUA (LEFT BOTTOM) ST AMBROSE REFUSING ADMITTANCE TO THE EMISSARIES AND SOLDIERS OF THE EMPRESS JUSTINA (CENTRE TOP) DANIEL (CENTRE BOTTOM) LUTHER ADDRESSING THE EMPEROR AND ELECTORS OF GERMANY AND (RIGHT TOP) ST STEPHEN (RIGHT BOTTOM) CAPTAIN HATHERLEY GEORGE MOOR DEFENDING A FORTIFIED HILL NEAR COLESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA GAINST A SUPERIOR FORCE OF BOERS
Location
Has this memorial been lost?
No
Location
Location
Is this the memorial's current location?
Yes
Building Name
SHREWSBURY SCHOOL CHAPEL
Town
Shrewsbury
District
Shrewsbury And Atcham
County
Shropshire
Country
England
OS map ref
SJ 490 120
If the memorial is located in a site of worship, please list the religious denominations
Church of England

Shrewsbury School - Boer War Location

Commemoration
What words are inscribed on the memorial?
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS WINDOW/ A TOKEN OF/ THEIR SCHOOLFELLOWS ADMIRATION AND REGRET/ COMMEMORATES FOURTEEN OLD SALOPIANS/ WHO DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA BETWEEN 1899 & 1902/ (NAMES)/ HINC. PROCUL. OSSA. IACENT. MEMOR. HIC. INSIGN. SUORUM/ PROSEQUITUR. IVSTA. LAVDE. SABRINA. DECUS/ MISIT. AMOR. PATRIAE. PERIERE. VIRILITER. AVSI/ CETERA. QUAERENTES. AFRICA. NOSTAR. DOCE
War
How many names are listed in total?
14
Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Is the total an exact count?
No
Of the names listed, how many served and returned?
0
Of the names listed, how many died?
14
What information is listed for those commemorated?
surname
How is this information ordered?
surname
Condition
Is the writing on the memorial difficult to read?
No
Components
Component Details
Which memorial component are you recording?
Tablet
What condition is this component in?
Good
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Stone
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
Component Details
Which memorial component are you recording?
Window
What condition is this component in?
Good
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Stained Glass
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
History
Scholarship
Is there a trust or scholarship associated with it?
No
References
References
For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 184 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London