Pte A Goatham Memorial Obelisk - St John the Baptist - Bredgar, Kent
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N 51° 18.655 E 000° 41.754
31U E 339414 N 5686921
A stone obelisk dedicated to Private Ashley Thomas (Goatham) who was killed in the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 in St John the baptist churchyard, Bredgar.
Waymark Code: WMT1CJ
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/08/2016
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A stone obelisk dedicated to Private Ashley Thomas (Goatham) who was killed in the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 at the battle of Isandula (Isandlwana) (
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Inscription
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF ASHLEY THOMAS SON OF GEORGE AND ROSEANNE GOATHAM WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION 22ND JANUARY 1879 AGED 24 IN THE BATTLE OF ISANDULA. (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN) THEY STOOD THEIR GROUND COOL AND BOLD/ IN THAT DISASTROUS DAY/ AND FOUGHT LIKE WARRIORS WE ARE TOLD/ TILL ALL WERE CUT AWAY/ IN MEMORY WE SHALL SACRED KEEP/ THE MEN THAT FELL THAT DAY/ THOUGH FAR IN ZULULAND THEY SLEEP/ THEIR SOULS HAVE SOARED AWAY/ UPON THE GOLDEN CROWD GAZING WITH EAGER BREATH/ HE FOUGHT AS ONE WHO FAIN WOULD DIE/ AND DYING CONQUERED DEATH.
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