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Title
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Date
c.1900 or before
Medium
granite & bronze
Accession number
PL12_TJ_S056
Acquisition method
public subscription
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
c.1900
Listing date
22/11/82
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Garden opening times apply
Inscription description
on plaque: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS COUNTRYMEN / AT HOME AND ABROAD – TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR GENERAL SIR WILLIAM PENN-SEYMOUR K.C.B. / OF HATT, WHO FELL WHILE COMMANDING THE BRITISH / TROOPS AT TALANA HILL NATAL ON THE 20TH OCTR. 1899