法定古蹟 · 香港島 / Hong Kong Island
灣仔掃桿埔馬場先難友紀念碑
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Race Course Fire Memorial, So Kon Po, Wan Chai
| 分區 / Area | 香港島 Hong Kong Island |
|---|---|
| 區份 / District | 灣仔 / Wan Chai |
| 法定地位 / Status | 已刊憲法定古蹟（《古物及古蹟條例》） Declared monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance |
| 宣布年份 / Declared | 2015 2015-10-23 |
| 同年本站年鑑 / Yearbook | 2015 年年鑑 連結只表示本站有該年年鑑頁（嗰年嘅已核對事件、數字同氣候），唔代表呢項古蹟係嗰年嘅事件。 The link only means a yearbook page exists for that year; it is not a claim about this monument. |
背景 Background
馬場先難友紀念碑位於銅鑼灣掃桿埔，一九二二年落成，是全港唯一悼念一九一八年跑馬地馬場大火死難者的紀念碑。大火發生於二月二十六日周年大賽第二日賽事，華洋死難者超過六百人。災後東華醫院即時賑濟，時任港督梅含理指示把死者合葬於黃泥涌對面的咖啡園，東華醫院主席唐溢川遂徵集設計，最後採用工務司署何想的方案。紀念碑分三層，設涼亭、紀念牌樓及一對化寶塔，以花崗石階貫連，護土牆呈弧形，設計糅合中西建築元素。紀念碑於二〇一五年列為法定古蹟。
The Race Course Fire Memorial stands at So Kon Po, Wan Chai, above today's Hong Kong Stadium. Erected in 1922, it is the only memorial in Hong Kong dedicated to the victims of the 1918 Race Course fire. The blaze broke out on 26 February 1918, the second day of the annual races, killing over 600 people. Tung Wah Hospital gave prompt relief, Governor Sir Francis Henry May ordered the dead to be buried together at Coffee Garden across Wong Nai Chung, and Tung Wah's chairman Tong Yat-chuen held a design competition won by Ho Sheung. The memorial has three tiers with pavilions, an arch and a pair of pagodas linked by granite steps, combining Western and Chinese elements. It was declared a monument in 2015.
本頁背景段落只收錄已核實嘅建成背景、原用途、建築特色、重要事件同活化去向；詳細地址、開放時間等逐項資料尚未核對，本站按「未核實則留白」原則暫不撰寫。名單及分區以古物古蹟辦事處「香港法定古蹟」分區名單為準；宣布日期以政府刊憲及維基百科「香港法定古蹟列表」為準。
資料來源 Sources
- https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/hong-kong-island/monuments_110/index.html
古物古蹟辦事處 Antiquities and Monuments Office
- https://www.amo.gov.hk/tc/historic-buildings/monuments/hong-kong-island/monuments_110/index.html
古物古蹟辦事處 Antiquities and Monuments Office
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同一年宣布嘅其他法定古蹟 Other monuments declared in the same year
只代表同年刊憲，唔代表同一件事、亦唔代表同區。年份同日期一律照古物古蹟辦事處名單。
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宣布日期對應嘅「歷史上的今日」永久頁：10-23（該頁列出志錄同日記載，唔代表同呢項古蹟有關）。