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Title
Boer War Memorial
Date
1903
Medium
red granite
Accession number
HP5_SR_S004
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Latimer and Ley Hill Parish Council
Custodian
Latimer and Ley Hill Parish Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
4th July 1903
Access
at all times
Inscription description
SOUTH AFRICA / IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEN WHO / SERVED IN THE WAR 1899-1902 / CHESHAM / (names) / FLAUNDEN / (names) / CHENIES / (names) / AMERSHAM/ (names) / SARRATT/ (names); adjacent to obelisk is a small stone mound, marking the grave of a horse, set several metres apart from the obelisk monument it has a plaque on both sides; one side reads: THE HORSE RIDDEN BY / GENERAL DE VILLEBOIS MAREUIL / AT THE BATTLE OF BOSHOF SOUTH AFRICA / 5TH APRIL 1900 IN WHICH THE GENERAL WAS / KILLED AND THE HORSE WOUNDED; the other side reads: VILLEBOIS / BROUGHT TO ENGLAND BY / MAJOR GENERAL LORD CHESHAM KCB / IN 1900 DIED 15TH FEBRUARY 1911
Church Lane, Latimer
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