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In Rochester Cathedral, Kent.



In grateful memory
of the devotion and heroic services
of gallant soldiers who gave their lives
in their country's cause
during the war in South Africa
1899-1902

The Officers, N.C.Officers and Men
of County Regiments

The Buffs Est Kent Regiment
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt.

Militia
3rd Battn. The Buffs East Kent Regimt.
3rd Battn. The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt.

Imperial Yeomanry
Royal East Kent The Duke of Connaught's Own
West Kent The Queen's Own

Volunteers
1st and 2nd Vol. Battns. The Buffs East Kent Regiment
1st 2nd 3rd and 4th Vol. Battns. The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Royal Army Medical Corps Volunteers Maidstone Companies

This Memorial has been erected
by the County of Kent 1903
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There's a very nice photo, taken with flash, here - www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/RochesterBoerWarRegimental.html
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You have been loitering with intent again! :)

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I wonder just how much that cost, the quality of workmanship is absolutely astonishing!

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It's beautiful, isn't it. I confess that it's not a recent photograph, it dates back a few years, to when I went on an organised tour of country churches in Sussex and Kent, and I was able to call in at this cathedral on my way home.

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