Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Sevenoaks
Town
Chiddingstone
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
Gaffin and Co (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
16160

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Current location

On south wall
St Mary's Church
Chiddingstone Road
Chiddingstone
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN8 7AH
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 50101 45189
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Ornate sculpted tablet of white marble against a stele of unpolished mottled grey marble. Tablet surmounted by accoutrements of a highland officer in marble: sheathed sword with buckled swordbelt, bonnet and representations of the distinguished service order and Queens South Africa medal with two bars. Also three heraldic devices: crest of the Streatfeilds, coat of arms of the Streatfeilds, regimental badge of the Gordon Highlanders.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN ERIC STREATFEILD, DSO/ THE 2ND BATTN. GORDON HIGHLANDERS, (XCII)/ FIFTH SON OF COLONEL STREATFEILD, OF CHIDDINGSTONE:/ BORN 6TH FEBRUARY 1864, DIED 24TH MARCH 1902/ INVALIDED HOME FROM SOUTH AFRICA AFTER THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH,/ WHERE HE ACTED AS ADJUTANT OF THE 2ND BATTN. GORDON HIGHLANDERS/ AND WHOSE DEATH WAS DUE TO HARDSHIPS ENDURED DURING THE SIEGE. "COURTEOUS IN HIS MANNER OF DEALING WITH ALL RANKS,/ AN EXAMPLE OF BRAVERY UNFLINCHING IN HIS DUTIES/ CAPTAIN STREATFIELD CONTRACTED THE DISEASE WHICH/ HAS NOW PROVED FATAL DURING THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH,/ AND THE COMMANDING OFFICER FEELS SURE THAT ALL THAT/ KNEW HIM, WILL, AS HE DOES, FEEL HIS LOSS GREATLY"/ EXTRACT FROM BATTN ORDERS
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 27.5mm, height 1270mm, width 915mm
    Materials: Marble - White, Marble - Grey
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James p.97 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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