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sammycat
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 Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject: NEWPORT BOER WAR MEMORIAL |
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The Leng chapel is open to the public once a year on "Doors Open" day.
The chapel was constructed around 1895-97 by Sir John Leng, a successful businessman in Publishing in Hull and Dundee, as a memorial to his first wife.
The Chapel was designed by Dundee architect T. Martin Cappon in a 13th Century French Gothic style inspired by Sainte-Chappelle, Paris. The quality of light inside the chapel is due to the interior being lined in cream coloured Caen limestone. |
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sammycat
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Names listed on the memorial in the Leng Chapel, Forgan:
To the Memory of
Volunteers from Newport
who fell in the South African War 1899 - 1902
Pt Alexander Kidd 1st V.B.R.Hrs, aged 23 years
Bloemfontein 3rd May 1900
Pt Alfred Mathewson 1st V.B.R.Hrs, aged 21 years
Bloemfontein 28th April 1901
Pt John Turnbull 20th Coy, F & F Yry, aged 21 years
Rooival 11th April 1902
Pt Joseph Hopton 20th Coy, Impl. Yry, aged 21 years
Kimberley 22 July 1902
Pt Alexander Fairweather 1st Sctsh Horse aged 22 years
Wounded Oliphants Nek June 1901. Died Newport 2nd Augt 1903 |
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stuartn
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 5:08 pm Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number |
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| WMR 79657 |
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