HMS Doris (2nd Boer War)

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Reference WMO/98429

Address:

Devonport Park

Exmouth Road

Devonport

Plymouth

PL1 4BN

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Trophy/Relic
Materials:
  • Metal Iron
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: Boer War memorial. Erected 1904; by Harry Hems. Polished granite plinth on base, rectangular on plan with white marble inscription panels bordered by cable moulding; chamfered arris at top inscribed with the words 'Ready-Aye-Ready'. Surmounted by the field gun brought from the Boer War. It was erected as a memorial to the crew of HMS Doris who died fighting in South Africa alongside the army at the Battle of Paardeberg. This field gun was captured from the Boers and dragged the distance of 800 hundred miles back to their ship HMS Doris. In 1901 HMS Doris returned to Devonport to an heroic welcome and the crew decided there should be a memorial to the sailors who died in the battle. The memorial was unveiled in 1904 by Admiral E.H. Seymour. It is said that the exploit was the origin of Royal Navy field gun trials. HMS Doris Memorial Gun is a most unusual Boer War memorial. c Historic England listing entry
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'READY . AYE . READY', 'THIS GUN CAPTURED FROM THE BOERS / DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902, / HAS BEEN ERECTED HERE BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. DORIS / IN MEMORY OF THE SHIPMATES WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES IN THAT CAMPAIGN'', 'J.H. PLUMBE MAJOR R.M.L.I / C.A.E. HUDDART MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / STRUAN ROBERTSON MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / JAMES MENZIES MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / LIONEL LLOYD MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / JOHN BOYLE PRIVATE R.M.L.I. / FRANCIS DORAN PRIVATE R.M.L.I.', ' FRANCIS COLEMAN A.B. / MATTHEW WISE A.B. / ALBERT G. EDWARDS A.B. / JOHN E. HOOK ORD. / WILLIAM LOCKETT STOKER / W.J. PHILLIPS 2ND S.B.S. / LEWIS WELLS 2ND DOM.'

Grade II (England)

1390062

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