HMS Powerful Obelisk - Victoria Park - Portsmouth, Hampshire
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This monument in Victoria Park, Portsmouth is to the memory of those who fell at Ladysmith and elsewhere in South Africa who were members of HMS 'Powerful'.
Waymark Code: WMQ2H8
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/07/2015
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Unveiled by Lord Goshen on Friday 17 May 1901, the monument which is to the memory of those who fell at Ladysmith and elsewhere in South Africa who were members of HMS 'Powerful'. The monument is an obelisk of reddish brown Peterhead granite 24 ft. high.
Inscription
ERECTED BY CAPTAIN THE HON. LEDWORTH LAMBTON C.B. OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY OF HMS POWERFUL TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NAVAL BRIGADE WHO DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899 - 1900. (NAMES)/ LADYSMITH GRASPAN BELMONT MODDER RIVER PAARDEBERG/
Date Created/Placed: 17 May 1901
Height: 24ft
Website: [Web Link]
Address: Not listed
Illuminated: Not Listed
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