Listed Building: HMS POWERFUL MEMORIAL (1387249)

Monument. c1900. Granite. 4 sided polished pink granite obelisk and base set on stepped stone base. Erected by "Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, C.B., officers and ships company of H.M.S. Powerful", to "The memory of the officers and men of the Naval Brigade to H.M.S. Powerful who were killed in action or died during the campaign in South Africa, 1899-1900". Inscriptions list those who died and the following place names: Ladysmith, Graspan, Belmont, Moddere River, Paardeberg. (Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 18). 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, 20 July 2017.. Selected Sources Books and journals Berridge, D W , Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth, (1984), 18 Websites War Memorials Online, accessed 20 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/102637 War Memorials Register, accessed 20 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21435