Shell Money Box
Located to the left of the Boer Memorial it bears two plaques,the lower,and larger reads; " Shells from HMS Queen Elizabeth* presented August,1920 by Admiral Beatty,Admiral of the Grand Fleet 1916-19" the upper plaque reads: "Contributions towards upkeep of Sailors and Soldiers Avenues*in this Park may be placed here" below this is a slot for the insertion of donations,now blanked off.. Many Park roads are lined with trees,each tree bearing a plate with details of a service person killed in action in both WW1 & WW2,one such is shown above. Originally these shells were housed in a small building designed by the Public Works Dept. and constructed by W.Grandison on the West side of Fraser Avenue near the Lodge. This building was the idea of Arthur Lovekin, President of the Kings Park Board, who met the cost of it. The Govt.Railways Workshop painted the building and agreed to maintain it. General Sir John Talbot Hobbs performed the unveiling ceremony on August 7th.,1921. In 1929 the building and its contents were moved to the present location and in 1959,due to termite damage, the building enclosing the shells was demolished.
*HMS Queen Elizabeth was one of the British Warships present at the Gallipoli landings.
* There are in excess of 1200 plaques recording individuals killed inWW1 & 2 sited in front of gum trees lining the Park roads, since 1921 the upkeep of these plaques has been overseen by the Honour Avenue Committee which is part of the Highgate RSL Sub-Branch.