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Reference WMO/125772

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Kingston upon Thames Library

Fairfield Road

Kingston upon Thames

London

KT1 2PS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
About the memorial: A hammered brass tablet on an oak backing surmounted by a bronze crest of the borough arms with bands containing the motto “Dulce et decorum pro patria mori” (sic -no "est") which translates “Sweet and honourable it is to die for one’s country;” a quote from Roman poet, Horace. The Roll of Honour is on a flat sheet of copper, with the letters having been beaten out, in a technique known as repoussé, which is technically a difficult form of embossment to achieve. The memorial is dedicated to the 34 men of the borough who died in the South African War 1899-1902.
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BOROUGH of KINGSTON upon THAMES This Tablet Is erected in the memory of the undermentioned Soldiers from this Borough who died in the Service of their Country in the South African War 1899-1902 Ramsden & Carr me fecerunt MDCCCIII

2nd East Surrey Regiment, Quar Mas Ser J A McKenzie, Colour Serg G J Angell, Serg E Brand, Drummer W Blackmore, Private P D Sayer; 3rd East Surrey Regiment Serg Major M Robertson; 4th East Surrey Regiment Serg G Turner; 2 V.B. East Surrey Regiment Private F G Levens, Private F B Wooden; 2nd The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment; Private W G King, Private W Wells, Private Frank J Willis; The Cameronians Scottish Rifles Band Ser W J Bygrove; 5th Royal Irish Lancers Trumpeter Boy S Cooper; 9th Lancers Private G Cooper; Imperial Yeomanry Corp J D Cooper, Trooper C B Lemon, Trooper F J Stringer, Trooper C Youldon; 2nd Lincoln Regiment Pioneer Serg H J Randall; Cape Garrison Artillery Gunner E J Douall; Army Service Corps Private H Durrant; 1st Royal Dragoons Private H Gillman; 2nd Dragoon Guards Private F W Treadgold; Royal Garrison Artillery Bomb F Parker; Argyll Sutherland Highlanders Private F Johnson; Kings Liverpool Regiment Private W J Egelton; Rifle Brigade Private E Day, Private M Swabey; Kings Royal Rifle Corps Corp G Hiscock; C Division South African Constabulary Private A C Ward; Army Service Corps Maxim Battery Private James Webb

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