Crimean War Memorial - Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Specific Wars Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

The memorial is made from Portland stone and stands on a plinth. It is an obelisk design and has very worn inscriptions which read as follows:

(Front)
'ERECTED
IN MEMORY
OF THE BRAVE.

SEBASTOPOL'

(Left)
'SWEABORG
ALMA'

(Back)
'BALACLAVA'

(Right)
'KERTCH

INKERMANN'


Inscription (Front Plaque)
'Erected in
memory of those brave
soldiers and sailors
who during the late war
with Russia died of their
wounds and are buried
in this garrison.'

Inscription (Rear Plaque)
'Erected
by the
Debating Society
of Portsmouth and
by their fellow townsmen.
June 10th 1857.'

War: Crimean War Is it permanently accessible to the public?: yes Is it necessary to pay a fee to gain access to the place?: no Year of the memorial or monument: 1857

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