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Silly question but... 3 months 2 weeks ago #96953

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Here are a few pictures to illustrate some of the above:

Intombi - the evolution of a Boer War cemetery.




Shortly after the lifting of the siege of Ladysmith.




After the erection of the monuments and placement of iron grave markers.





A stack of grave markers, photographed at the Natal Provincial Administration's Works Department depot in 1978.
The crosses from Intombi are probably in this pile.





The cemetery as it appeared in 1978, a few years after the iron crosses had been removed.





Intombi, as it appears today.



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Silly question but... 3 months 2 weeks ago #96954

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2885 Pte William Taylor 1st Gordon Highlanders [Pres Brand Cemetery Bloemfontein]



It has happened a lot that wrong initials have been put on gravestones during the ABW.
Elmarie Malherbe
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Silly question but... 3 months 1 week ago #96969

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Wow.... the power of the forum at its best.

I go away for a few days and when I return

1. Pte William Taylor has a MID.

Would this be for his overall conduct or something specific..... it was 4 months after his death?

2. A photo of his gravestone.

More than I could expect in a graveyard that has not survived the effects of time too well

Thanks to all you took their own time and effort on this 'Silly Question'........ perhaps not so silly after all!!

Wayne

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