Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Epping Forest
Town
Waltham Abbey
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 14 December 1902
    Attended by: Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2236

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Current location

Holy Cross & St Laurence Church
Highbridge Street
Waltham Abbey
Epping Forest
Essex
EN9 1DJ
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 38100 00700
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Plain white castellino marble inscription tablet mounted onto a nowy-headed red alabaster pattress. Incised inscription. Tablet flanked by two figures. Two female figures flank the tablet, both depicted in attitudes of grief and both holding wreaths. Laurel wreath carved in relief above the inscription tablet with initials ' RR' within it and crown above
Inscription
R R / PRO PATRIA / IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS, N.C.O.S & MEN OF / THE XXTH BATTALION IMPERIAL YEOMANRY (ROUGH RIDERS) / WHO DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900 - 1902. / (30 NAMES) / This Tablet is erected by their Comrades
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barningham, D C
Blake, John S
Bromfield, C G T
Bywater, James A
Chinnock, Walter W
Clark, Percy
Cugley, Walter J
Dearle, Arthur E
Edwards, William H
Galt, Frank I
See details for all 30 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 30
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, initials, surname
    Order of information: Rank, surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 160mm, height 1360mm, width 1400mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 160mm, height 1360mm, width 1400mm
    Materials: Alabaster
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: The comrades of the men commemorated
Responsibility
Parochial Church Council
Reference
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • 'For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902' by Gildea, James 57 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London 'Waltham Abbey Parish Church Guide 2nd edition' compiled by A.V.G. Clavell (M.A. vicar & rural Dean of Chigwell)
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/141327/ . Accessed 24 March 2022.

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