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Latitude: 50.7808 / 50°46'50"N
Longitude: -1.0936 / 1°5'36"W
OS Eastings: 464001
OS Northings: 98305
OS Grid: SZ640983
Mapcode National: GBR VQN.F5
Mapcode Global: FRA 87L0.XFM
Plus Code: 9C2WQWJ4+8H
Entry Name: Crimean Monument
Listing Date: 25 September 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1386963
English Heritage Legacy ID: 474379
ID on this website: 101386963
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5
County: City of Portsmouth
Electoral Ward/Division: St Jude
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Southsea St Jude
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: Obelisk War memorial Monument
PORTSMOUTH
SZ6498 CLARENCE ESPLANADE, Southsea
774-1/15/6 Crimean Monument
25/09/72
II
Monument. 1857. By HJ Andrews, J King and Sons, Portsea.
Stone. Portland stone obelisk set on pedestal and plinth.
Crimean War Memorial. Inscription reads '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'
and 'Erected by the Debating Society of Portsmouth aided by
their fellow townsmen, June 10th 1857'.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and
the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 463; Berridge DW:
Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 2).
Listing NGR: SZ6425599150
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 6 December 2016.
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