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Title
Buffs and Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry Boer War Memorial
Date
1904
Medium
stone & bronze
Accession number
CT1_TR_S022
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Canterbury City Council
Custodian
Canterbury City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
24th May 1904
Listing date
01/08/96
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Gardens opening times
Inscription description
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY AND IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THE DEVOTED AND HEROIC SERVICE / OF THE OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF / THE BUFFS - EAST KENT REGIMENT / AND OF THE / IMPERIAL YEOMANRY OF EAST KENT / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE COUNTRY'S CAUSE / DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899 - 1902 / THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THEIR COM / -RADES IN ARMS BELONGING TO EAST KENT REGIMENTS / AND BY THEIR SORROWING FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY