Traces of Past Empires

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War Memorial, Regency Square, Brighton

This War Memorial commemorating 152 members of the Royal Sussex Regiment who died in the Second Boer War stands at the south end of Brighton's Regency Square's garden, facing the sea.

It was erected in 1904 and takes the form of a square pedestal topped by an entablature and pediment. Originally of Portland stone with some bronze and stucco, the bronze parts have now been obscured. A bronze trumpeter stands on top of the entablature. Local architect Sir John Simpson designed the memorial and Charles Hartwell sculpted it. The memorial's unveiling ceremony, conducted by William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, was on 29 October 1904.

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