HMS Active Obelisk - Victoria Park - Portsmouth, Hampshire - Obelisks on Waymarking.com

Hms Active (kaffir War And Zulu War)
Xhosa Wars (1779-1879)
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)


A polished obelisk on a square plinth and two stepped base.

Inscription

ERECTED BY THE OFFICER AND SHIPS COMPANY OF HMS ACTIVE, LATE FLAGSHIP ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE STATION TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THEIR SHIPMATES WHO PERISHED WHILE GALLANTLY DOING THEIR DUTY WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE OF THAT SHIP DURING THE KAFIR (SIC) WAR OF 1877-8 AND THE ZULU WAR OF 1879/ LOWER TUGELA/ (NAMES)/ TRANSKEI (NAMES)/ FORT EKOWE (NAMES)/ ISANDHLWANA/ (NAME) AGILIS ET PARATA

Height: 20ft Website: [Web Link] Date Created/Placed: Not listed Address: Not listed Illuminated: Not Listed

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