South African War Horses

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Trough
District: Tandridge
Town: Burstow
County: Surrey
Country: England
Commemoration: Animal Memorials, Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 23815

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Current location

Junction of Copthorne Bank with Effingham Road (B2037)
Burstow
Tandridge
Surrey
RH6 9RR
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 32226 40977
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Horse trough with a basin and tap

Inscription

Side of Trough: IN MEMORY OF THE MUTE FIDELITY OF THE 400,000 HORSES / KILLED AND WOUNDED AT THE CALL OF THEIR MASTERS / DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902 / IN A CAUSE OF WHICH THEY KNEW NOTHING / THIS FOUNTAIN IS ERECTED BY A REVERENT FELLOW CREATURE. // Above Trough: REFURBISHED / BY / BURSTOW / PARISH COUNCIL / 1989 // Inscribed upper fountain: W.T. 1903

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Animal Memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Trough
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Condition

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History

Date unknown: trough turned into a flower bed ----1989: Refurbished by Burstow Parish Council

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Comments – Photograph held in WMA 16802 file
'Best of British' magazine September 2017 page 51
District confirmation m.tandridge.gov.uk/faq/faq.htm?mode=20&pk_faq=243

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