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In Holy Trinity Church, Coalbrookedale, Shropshire.



IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HERBERT CAMPBELL MAW
OF THE IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE AND
TRANSVAAL MOUNTED RIFLES THIRD
SON OF ARTHUR AND GRACE MAW
OF SEVERN HOUSE IRONBRIDGE
BORN 28 JAN 1870 DIED 14 MAY 1906
FOUGHT WITH THE IMPERIAL FORCES
DURING THE BOER WAR 1899-1900
AND WAS KILLED WHILE SERVING
WITH THE NATAL FORCES IN THE
ZULU REBELLION

SIEGE OF LADYSMITH
RELIEF OF MAFEKING
MARCH TO NTINGWE

(A slightly odd plaque in that there's no punctuation in the inscription.)

Another cracker!

There is a picture of Maw and his medals here: natal1906.com/qsa-ksa-and-kimberley-star-1899-1902/

Regards
Meurig

What a great photo of him! Thanks for the link.

What was the March to Ntingwe? Was that part of the Zulu Rebellion?

Yes it was a point of military activity. I don't know the circumstances of Maw's death.

There is now a tea estate at Ntingwe - apparently you can buy it from Taylor's of Harrogate.

SWB wrote: Yes it was a point of military activity. I don't know the circumstances of Maw's death.

There is now a tea estate at Ntingwe - apparently you can buy it from Taylor's of Harrogate.

Thanks. Yes, every online reference I could see for 'Ntingwe' was coming up in connection with Taylor's Tea!

Berenice

Trooper H C Maw of the Transvaal Mounted Rifles died of wounds on 14 May 1906.

The first contingent of the TMR left Johannesburg on 26 April. Between that date and Maw's death there were two significant contacts with the Zulus in the vicinity of Nkandhla, the first by a combined force under Colonel Mansel (Natal Police) on 5 May, and the second by a force under Lieutenant-Colonel Murray-Smith (Natal Mounted Rifles) on 12 May.

Unfortunately, my depleted library no longer contains the books that might have shed more light on Maw's wounding and demise.

Regards
Brett