Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque South Africa 1899-1902 All Saints
Reference
R24.17
Place
ROTHBURY
Memorial Description
Plaque approx. 3 feet high x 15 inches wide. The centre panel is raised with a raised swirling pattern from the four corners to the outer edge. There is a single line border to the main panel bearing the inscription. The names are listed in a single column, the elaborate capital lettering is raised in half relief.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
To the Glory of God / this tablet was set up in the year / of our salvation 1905 in thankful / remembrance of those who went / from the parish of Rothbury to serve / their sovereign and Country in / South Africa in the years 1899-1901.
Their names are written below.
Fight the good fight of faith.
Their names are written below.
Fight the good fight of faith.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: J. Brown
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown
Research In Progress
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Plaque South Africa 1899-1902 All Saints (R24.17)
To the Glory of God
this tablet was set up in the year
of our salvation 1905 in thankful
remembrance of those who went
from the parish of Rothbury to serve
their sovereign and Country in
South Africa in the years 1899-1901.
Their names are written below.
* *
Corporal Thomas Pagon Reservist A & S
Highrs killed at Modder River
Sergeant John Robert Taylor N.H.I.Y.
Trooper Andrew Hedley Dobson N.H.I.Y.
Trooper John Davison N.H.I.Y.
Trooper William Davison N.H.I.Y.
Trooper James Farrage N.H.I.Y.
Trooper John Edward Hounam N.H.I.Y.
Trooper Arthur Hunter N.H.I.Y.
Trooper Oliver Proudlock N.H.I.Y.
Trooper Thomas Parmley S.A.C.
Trooper George Wilson 6th Queensland Imp. Bushmen
Trooper George Henry Phillips West Austr. M.I.
Private William Foreman Reservist 1st Border Regt.
Private William Marsden 2nd V.B. N.F.
* *
Fight the good fight of faith.
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Parish Notes
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