This bronze statue of Lieutenant-Colonel George Elliott Benson is located at the south end of Beaumont Street in Hexham. Benson served with the Royal Regiment of Artillery in various colonial campaigns. He died in 1901 in the Battle of Bakenlaagte of the Second Boer War. The monument is Grade II listed. It is inscribed:
“To the memory of a gallant soldier / George Elliot Benson / Lieut. Colonel / in the Royal Artillery Regiment / who was born at Allerwash May 24th 1861 / entered the Army May 19th 1880 / and after serving with distinction / in the Soudan Campaigns of 1885, 1896, 1898 / in the Ashanti Expedition 1895 / and the South African War 1899-1901 / fell while commanding his column / at the Battle of Bakenlaagte Oct 30th 1901. // He is buried with those who fought and died with him / “The Unreturning Brave” // Erected by public subscription”