The Boer War Memorial in Woolwich is opposite the Royal Artillery Barracks on Grand Depot Road in

Woolwich Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throu ...

. The memorial marks the deaths of the 18 soldiers of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

. The memorial is a tall thin pink granite obelisk on a square plinth with a three-step base. The memorial has been

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

on the National Heritage List for England since 1973.

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{{Public art in London, other monuments Grade II listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Grade II listed monuments and memorials Military memorials in London Woolwich 1903 establishments in England 1903 in London Granite sculptures in the United Kingdom Buildings and structures completed in 1903 Second Boer War memorials Obelisks in England