Lieutenant General Sir Henry Leslie Randle, unveiled the to the memorial to 1899-1902 South African war on 7th June 1905
 
South African War Memorial
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Show on map Crystallization Sculpture, Albert Park, Middlesbrough
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Bust of Henry Bolckow, Albert Park, Middlesbrough
Show on map The ‘Bolckow Niche’ was at West Lodge near the park gates from 1898 and moved to its current location some time around 2004. It was donated by the Evening Gazettes founder, Hugh Gilzean Reid.
 
Sundial, Albert Park, Middlebrough
Show on map The sun dial was donated by Henry Bolckow in 1879 (aong with the park itself in 1868)
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It was designed by John Smith of Stockton and gives the times in New York and Melbourne as well as Middlesbrough.
The plaque below it shows corrections for the time of year, accounting for BST its pretty much spot on for the time I took the photo.
 
Crimean War Cannon, Memorial Garden Albert Park, Middlesbrough
Show on map The cannon has a long history and has been in several locations since arriving in 1858, it overlooked Cannon Lake in Albert Park until 1947 before being dumped in Stewarts Park, recovered after an Evening Gazette campaign in 1965, with the Territorial Army until 1978, then to the Dorman Museum for 23 years and finally over the road into the Albert Park Memorial Garden in 2001
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The right inscription mentions 1824, which is the year the cannon would have been cast.
 
There are a number of other plaques to other conflicts and causes in the Memorial Garden
 
 
 UPDATE : One of my contacts ‘Picture Esk’ has come up with some very interesting information on the cyrillic inscription :-
The three lines of inscriptions carry the following information about the cannon-
First the registered number of the cannon, 19180.
Next are the Cyrillic letters for ALKND – ZVD, which is an abbreviation for the Aleksandrevsky Factory where the cannon were cast.
The Tsar held every craftsman responsible for his work. So every cannon bears the name of the master cannon maker on the bottom line. Heaven help the master cannon maker if the gun did not perform up to specifications. Your cannon bears the name FULLON.
This was Alexander Fullon who was director of the cannon factory from 1818 to 1833.
The name Fullon is not very Russian. He was son of The French cannon maker Foullon who had been persuaded to take charge of the same works from 1777-1786.
National and Provincial Bank, Cleveland Club, Middlesbrough
Show on map Designed as the National and Provincial Bank in 1872 by John Gibson. The portico features a sculpture of Britannia with an ironworker and a miner
The site was originally the location of the home of ship builder John Gilbert Holmes and later became the Cleveland Club 
Cleveland Buildings, Middlesbrough
Show on map The Cleveland Buildings from 1840 were the home of Henry Bolckow and his brother-in-law John Vaughan
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There are a couple of plaques already in place.
 
Also commemorated is a later resident Sir William Crosthwaite, Mayor of Middlesbrough and founder of the Tees Towing Company.
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