Boer War Memorial - Brantford, Ontario - Boer Wars Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

During the Boer threat in South Africa in 1899, thirty Brantford men volunteered to serve with either the Canadian or British units. The victory of the Boer War gave the City of Brantford their first war heros and war casualties, therefore, a memorial was commissioned. The Monument was the artistic work of Hamilton McArthur of Ottawa. A soldier of the Queen ready for battle is mounted on the granite base. On each of the four sides of the base are bronze panels. One pictures the three Brantford heros who were fatalities and the remaining depict the respective battles where each lost his life. The four panels show the attack on the Boer position at Spion Kop where Lieut. Osborne fell; Hart's River where Corporal Sherritt lost his life; the defense of the british guns, at the battle of Belfast where Lieut. Builder suffered fatal injuries. The Monument is further adorned with a Howitzer cannon. In 1903, the Boer War Memorial was dedicated on Victory Day.

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