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In All Saints Church, Wellington, Shropshire.

Berenice - Thanks for posting. It's of interest to me because I once visited Maraisburg Cemetery and noted the details on Meyrick's grave as follows:

Captain St. John Meyrick, Gordon Highlanders. 2nd son of Sir Thomas Meyrick BT, CB of Apley Castle, Shropshire, England. Killed in action Doornkop 29/5/1900. Aged 33. “Well done thy good & faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Matt. 26, v. 23. Cross missing from grave.

Regards

David

Donner says: He was killed in action at Doornkop on May 30th, 1900, during Lieutenant General Ian Hamilton's operations near Johannesburg. He was the son of Sir Thomas Charlton-Meyrick of Apley Castle, Shropshire, by his marriage with Mary Rhode, second daughter of Colonel Frederick Hill, and niece of Rowland, second Viscount Hill. Captain Meyrick was born in August 1866, and educated at Cheam School, Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Gordon Highlanders from the 3rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment, December 1886, being promoted Captain in 1897. For three years he acted as extra ADC and for two years as ADC to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. When war broke out Captain Meyrick was serving at the depot of his regiment at Aberdeen, but proceeded to South Africa in February 1900. On rejoining his battalion he took part in the advance on Johannesburg, in the brigade under Major General Smith-Dorrien. The day he was killed at Doornkop, Captain Meyrick was leading his company to attack the Boer position and Sir A Conan Doyle mentions that his "splendid corps, the Gordons, lost nearly a hundred men in their advance over the open".

His elder brother also served during the Boer War: Lt Col Frederick Charlton Meyrick, born July 7, 1862, and is the eldest son of Sir Thos. Meyrick, Bart, CB, of Apley Castle, Shropshire. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He stroked the Cambridge Eight against Oxford in 1883; served fifteen and a half years in the 15th (King's) Hussars, and commanded the 5th Regiment of IY during the Boer War, 1900-01, during which time he was once wounded and had his horse shot under him, he also sustained a broken collarbone through his horse falling during action. Colonel Meyrick is now commanding the Pembroke IY. He married, in Oct, 1897, Mary E Cresswell, of Cresswell Hall.

Berenice
Thank you for showing a wonderful and probably unique memorial. The Gordon Highlanders and King's Royal Rifle Corps are my favourite British regiments.
Regards
Brett

Brett,
It's quite an old-fashioned looking memorial, even for 1900. Reminiscent of the Crimean War era, to my eyes.

Hi Berenice......

Yes thought the same thing before I read what you wrote......

Mike