Boer War memorial

The Belfast Boer War Memorial takes the form of a statue of a private of the Regiment in khaki uniform, with topee and puttees, with a rifle and fixed bayonet at the ready.

It lists 130 names of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Irish Rifles who were killed during the Second South African War that lasted from 1899 to 1902.

The memorial was unveiled by Field Marshall Lord Grenfell in 1905.

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