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In Saltwell Park, Gateshead. Spelling errors are direct transcriptions.
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/GatesheadW...ad/BoerMemorial.html
www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/GatesheadSaltwellPark.html






Gordon Highlanders
Private R. Hall
Private H. Skae

Durham Light Infantry
Corporal S. Nicholson
Private J. Arkless
Private T. Bradley
Private J. Connor
Private J. Callaghan
Private E. Dixon (Volunteer Company)
Private F. Duffy
Private A. Farren
Private J. Forrest
Private J. Finneran
Private E. Harwood
Private S. Jones (Volunteer Company)
Private W. Mason
Private T. Marley
Private G. McGlone
Private J. Monoghan
Private G. Morris
Private G. Plotnicki
Private T. Ryan
Private R. Rigg
Private P. Scullion
Private H. Sellers
Private R.H. Whitfield (Volunteer Company)
Private G. Woodcock
Bugler K. Cumming

Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Private P. Cailey

Lothians & Berwickshire Yeomanry
Lieutenant W.C. Angus


Royal Engineers
Private J.R. Cowan
Sapper P. Hoay

Coldstream Guards
Private A. Moad

King's Own Scottish Borderers
Private Huggins
Private J. Thew

King's Own Royal Lancasters
Private A.H. Spurgeon

Northumberland Fusiliers
Corporal H. Sinclair
Private J. Campbell
Private T. Coulson
Private R. Cullen
Private B. Hodson
Private W. Johnson
Private J. Loan
Private H. McCarrick
Private E. Neilson
Private F.W. Pitcher (Volunteer Company)
Private M. Redhead
Private J. Steel
Private W.J. Wakefield
Private E. Wakefield
Private H. Waugh

Prince of Wales' Own (West) Yorkshire Regiment
Lance Corporal T. Dodd

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private J.Richardson

Imperial Light Infantry
Private C.E. Snaith


7th Dragoon Guards
Private H. Senior

10th Royal Hussars
Private T.W. Hornsey
Private H. Watson

12th Royal Lancers
Corporal A. Yeats

Imperial Yeomanry
Quarter Master Sergeant J.F. Murray
Sergeant W. Crone
Sergeant J. Middlemiss
Lance Corporal J.J. Nugent
Lance Corporal A.W.C. Williamson
Corporal J. White
Trooper A. Bell
Trooper A. Dodd
Trooper F. English
Trooper T. Hope
Trooper W.B.S. Leathart
Trooper H. Sturgeon
Trooper G. Taaffe
Trooper A. Thompson
Trooper J. Waugh

General Brabant's Light Horse
Trooper W.L.P. Smith

Border Horse
Trooper J. O'Shaunessy

Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
Private T. Hall

Royal Field Artillery
Gunner J. McKinnon
Gunner J. Sheridan (Volunteer Company)

Hi Berenice,

An ornate and very well looked after memorial and in a nice looking park.
A fitting memorial, thank you for posting.

Cheers
Paul

...."Sir John French, in unveiling a memorial erected in Saltwell Park, Gateshead, to the local soldiers who fell during the South African war, said the most valuable asset the country now possessed was the certainty of an enormous fund of loyalty and patriotism, which permeated the whole British Empire. The opportunity was now in the hands of the citizens to see that the splendid regiments of auxiliary soldiers in the Northern counties were filled with recruits."
The Stamford Mercury, Friday 17th November 1905



The postcard was sent to Mr William Jackson, of 9 King Edwards Terrace, Tanfield Lea, Tantobie, postmarked N'CASTLE-TYNE, 2 P.M., AUG 23 10. Tanfield Lea is a village near Stanley, Co. Durham.

"Dear Farther,
....I think you will know this view.
............Louie.

There are three Louisa Jacksons that this could have been - one born in Newcastle in 1901, one in Lanchester in 1902, and the other in Durham in 1903. Was William Jackson a veteran of the war, or just a former resident of Gateshead?


Postcard by The Rapid Photo Printing Co., Ltd., London, E.C., which was founded c.1901, and was in liquidation by February 1910.