Memorial Plaque - St Kentigern - Crosthwaite - Keswick, Cumbria - Boer Wars Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

A copper memorial plaque dedicated to those killed in the Boer War in St Kentigern's church, Crosthwaite, Keswick. The memorial consists of a beaten copper plaque with a heart at each corner and the cross of St George, a castle, and a Maltese cross placed between the raised lettering, attached to a wooden backboard.

The inscription reads -
IN MEMORIAM
PRIVATE JOHN MAWSON
1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS
WHO FELL AT MAGERSFONTEIN
AND DIED 13 DECEMBER 1899

PVTE HERBERT WHITE
KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
KILLED AT KAREE SIDING
29 MARCH 1900

PVTE JOSEPH HEYWOOD
ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE
WHO DIED AT ESTCOURT
25 AUGUST 1900

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN MAY LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION


Extract from a letter home to Penrith, from Private J. C. Titterington, 2nd Coldstream Guards: -
……"No doubt the police of the Penrith division would be sorry to hear of the death of Private Mawson at Magersfontein. He was shot through the head when returning after a hard day's fight. I see by the "Herald" they had sent him out a parcel, but alas! poor fellow, he was not there to receive it as he had answered the "last roll-call," after his blood had stained the sand on the field of Magersfontein. He was well liked by all the troops who knew him, and like many more he died fighting bravely for his country."

Mid-Cumberland and North Westmorland Herald, Saturday 10th February 1900

Which Boer War?: Second Boer War Second Boer War (Alternate Name): Anglo-Boer War Boer War Website: Not listed First Boer War (Alternate Name): Not listed

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