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 2nd Boer War Memorial - Tynemouth, UK Posted by:  dtrebilc
N 55° 01.086 W 001° 25.608
30U E 600585 N 6097936
This red sandstone monument stands on three stone steps surrounded by very low iron railings and commemorates the men of Tynemouth who died in the 2nd Boer War.
Waymark Code: WM19V01
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/13/2024
Views: 1
The memorial has two bronze plaques.
ERECTED
BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
TO RECORD THE
NAMES OF THE MEN OF
THE VILLAGE OF
TYNEMOUTH
WHO SERVED IN
SOUTH AFRICA
1899-1903
Private Anthony Lowes, 10th Royal Hussars. 1899-1902
Private F. S. Smith, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders. 1899-1902
Private John Andrew Wilson, Royal Army Medical Corps. 1899-1902
Gunner Robert Finlay, 74th Battery Royal Field Artillery. 1899-1902
Corporal Henry Gray, Royal Army Medical Corps. 1899. Died of enteric fever at Chieveley
Private John A. Jones, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers.1900. Killed at Lichtenburg
Private C. G. Black, Royal Army Medical Corps. 1899-1901
R. D. Beck, South African Constabulary. 1902
Private W. H. Leybourn, 2nd V.B. Northumberland Fusiliers. 1900-1901
Private H. Thompson, 2nd V.B. Northumberland Fusiliers. 1900-1901
Corporal T. Hassell, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1900-1901
Trooper W. J. Alexander, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1900-1901
Trooper E. F. Wilson, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1900
Trooper J. E. Dunn, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1901-1902
Trooper John Stephen Wherley, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1901-1902
Trooper W. F. Fergusson, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1902
Private William Baird, 18th Hussars. 1901-1902
Private Joseph Rowley, 1st Durham Light Infantry. 1902
Trooper Thomas Davison, Driscoll's Scouts.
Which Boer War?: Second Boer War
Boer War Website: [Web Link]
First Boer War (Alternate Name): Not listed
Second Boer War (Alternate Name): Not listed
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