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As a 'newby', apologies in advance to all if this matter has already been covered elsewhere in the Forum.

In researching a pair of Cottage Homes in Exeter, I have become aware that about 40 Cottage Homes were built throughout the country to commemorate those who died. To date, I have located the following 26 surviving properties:

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk Regiment x2;
Kingston-on-Thames, East Surrey Regiment x1;
Enfield x1, Tidenham x1,18th Hussars;
Winchester, King's Royal Rifle Corps & Rifle Brigade x8;
Bath, Royal Artillery x2;
Dorchester, Dorsetshire Regiment x1;
Manfield, York and Lancaster Regiment x2;
Exeter x2, Brixton, Plymouth x2, Devonshire Regiment;
Mill Hill x2, Middlesex Regiment;
Devizes x2, Wiltshire Regiment.

I would be grateful if anybody would let me know of any errors or the whereabouts of other Cottage Homes.

Devonshire Regiment Memorial Cottage Homes. 416-418, Pinhoe Road, Whipton, Exeter, Devon.
Pair of 1903 ‘Arts and Crafts’ style memorial cottage homes. Designed by Messrs Wood & Arnshe architects of London and built by Mr Dart of Crediton at a cost of over £1,000.
Upon completion, the homes were described in the local press as “pretty brick and tiled buildings pleasantly situated on the main road from Whipton to Pinhoe. Each of the cottages contains a kitchen, scullery, larder, stores, and offices, and three bedrooms, with fireplace and cupboards. Facing the entrance door in each home, in heavily moulded oak frames, is an oak tablet bearing the inscriptions:-“1903 A. D. This cottage was erected and presented to the Devonshire Regiment by Alfred Lafone, Esq., of Hanworth Park, Middlesex, in memory of his son, Captain William Boutcher Lafone, who fell in the charge of the Devons at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, 6th January 1900. The endowment was provided partly by the Regiment and partly by public subscription.” (There are pictures of both Alfred Lafone M P and Captain William Boutcher Lafone in the National Portrait Gallery.)
The oak tablets no longer appear to be in situ and an ornamental metal arch that was displayed over the entrance to the cottages was removed in 1991, and was relocated to Wyvern Barracks, Exeter.
The cottages appear on subsequent Census returns as ‘Soldiers Homes’ and were occupied by ex-servicemen for many years.
The Devonshire Regiment Cottage Homes charity that once owned these cottages ceased to exist in 1993.
This pair of memorial cottage homes is included within the examples given on pages 150-151 of Colonel Sir James Gildea’s book ‘For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902’ printed in 1911 by Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd.
The building is now included within the Devon and Dartmoor Historic Environment Record (ref. no, MDV134850). Whilst the building does not have any statutory protection, its inclusion within the HER can be a material consideration in determining planning applications. In this instance, the local planning authority has confirmed that it will treat the building as a non-designated heritage asset.

See: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...-cottage-homes#80222

Thanks Smethwick. The memorial cottage homes at 47 and 48 Out Risbygate, Bury St. Edmunds are also mentioned in Gildea's book. One erected by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society, in memory of H H Prince Christian Victor and another as a Regimental Cottage Home. The cottages were designed by Mr A Ainsworth-Hunt, architect and built by Messrs Barbrook and Houghton of Bury St. Edmunds. The following is an extract from a 1904 newspaper report when these cottage homes were opened by H H Princess Christian: "On the outside over the doorways, is a skilfully carved representation of the badge of the regiment. The Homes are substantially-built red brick houses, each having on the ground floor a comodious front-room, kitchen, and scullery, and on the first floor are three bedrooms. Over the mantel piece of one of the houses is the following inscription, on a bronze plate:-"These cottages have been erected as a memorial to Major H H Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, G.C.B, D.S.O, who died at Pretoria, 1900." At the back of each house is a large piece of railed-in garden." The attached photograph is of the cottages, with their original gables, prior to them being "modernised" in 1963.

2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Memorial Cottage Homes, Beacon Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1AS.
A pair of impressive local stone and slate roof cottages, with granite dressings to the front doors and windows. Built in 1905, on a site of a quarter of an acre, by Messrs. J Buscombe and Sons, builders of Bodmin, on land given by Viscount Clifden and to the design of Mr John Sansom of Liskeard. When first built, each cottage had gardens to the rear, an entrance porch, lobby, staircase, parlour with bay window, kitchen, small pantry, back offices and three first floor bedrooms and a linen closet. A memorial stone was laid by Lady Rashleigh on 31st May 1905 and a carved stone panel bearing the regimental badge was affixed in the centre to the front over the memorial stone. (These remain in situ.) Money for these cottage homes was provided by pooling various surplus war funds, with £1,250 devoted to the purposes of building the homes. The homes were modernised in 1999, and another plaque was added at that time to commemorate the reopening by Sir Richard Rashleigh. The first occupants were Corporals Cooper and J Brewer, both of whom were injured at Paardeberg and who were well known in the town. The cottages are still owned by the regimental charity.
Although not a listed building, it is included within the Cornwall and Scilly Historic Environment Record (ref. MCO67965), the IWM website (ref. SCO25342) and is a war memorial. It is also mentioned in Gildea's 1911 book.