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In Holy Trinity, Guildford Parish Church.





TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN
BELONGING TO GUILDFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
WHO FELL IN THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902

CAPT. W. MACFARLAN 2nd B. WATCH
KILLED AT MAGERSFONTEIN 11 DEC. 1899

CAPT. M. L. HUGHES R.A.M.C.
KILLED AT COLENSO 15 DEC. 1899

Pte. ARTHUR COOPER 2nd DEVONS
KILLED AT COLENSO 15 DEC. 1899

Pte. J. G. BARNES 6th INNISKILLING DRAGns.
KILLED AT RENSBURG 4 JAN. 1900

A. G. PAYNE A.B.S. H.M.S. "POWERFUL"
KILLED IN LADYSMITH 23 JAN. 1900

CAPT. C. H. HICKS 2nd LANCASHIRE FUSlrs
KILLED AT SPION KOP 24 JAN 1900

CAPT. VERE H. A. AWDRY 1st LANCs FUSlrs
KILLED AT SPION KOP 24 JAN 1900

CORPl. W. E. GOLDRING 12th LANCERS
KILLED AT POPLAR GROVE 8 MARCH 1900

Pte. E. COOPER 1st BORDER REGt.
DIED AT LADYSMITH 10 APRIL 1900

SAPPER A. HARRIS Ryl. ENGr.
DIED AT KIMBERLEY 5 MAY 1900

CORPl. W. C. BLACKMAN 6th D.G.Crs.
DIED AT BLOEMFONTEIN 13 MAY 1900

GUNNER C. B. DEW R.H.A.
DIED AT BLOEMFONTEIN 17 MAY 1900

CORPl. A. BLACKMAN 6th D.G.Crs. WOUND-
ED AT KALKEHUWAL PASS DIED 4 JUNE 1900

SURGEON Lt. COL. W. W. LAKE M.M.S.C.
DIED AT BLOEMFONTEIN 13 JULY 1900

Pte. H. MUIR 4th EAST SURREY REGt.
DIED AT GERMISTON 17 NOV. 1900

Pte. W. J. COLLYER 18th HUSSARS
KILLED NEAR MIDDELBURG 24 DEC. 1900

Lt. A. R. WALLACE 1st LOYAL N. LANCs. REGt.
SERVED THROUGH THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY
KILLED AT ZEERUST 13 JANUARY 1901

LANCE CORPl. C. B. SELLS 31st Coy.
IMPERIAL YEOMANRY (SURGEON DRESSER)
DIED AT DEELFONTEIN 22 JAN. 1901

DRIVER C. A. CATES A.S.C.
DIED AT BLOEMFONTEIN 23 JAN. 1901

MAJ. W. R. DE LA PERE LLOYD SUFFlk. Rt.
KILLED AT TROYFILAAR 25 JAN. 1901

Pte. S. A. LASCELLES 1st DURHAM L.I.
DIED AT STANDERTON 31 JAN. 1901

Pte. W. L. SCOGING 1st KING'S D.G.
DROWNED AT LONDON FARM O.R.C. 2 MAY 1901

GUNNER F. E. WYE R.H.A.
DIED OF WOUNDS AT BETHLEHEM 19 MAY 1901

TROOPER J. WOODGER S.A.C.
DIED AT PETRUSBURG 24 MAY 1901

LIEUT. H.A.C. CAMPBELL I.Y. & LUMSDEN'S Hrse.
KILLED AT VLAKFONTEIN 29 MAY 1901

Pte. GUY C. MEREWETHER 1st Coy. I.Y.
DROWNED IN THE ZAMBESI 20 JUNE 1901

LIEUT. B. C. NOEL 1st IMP. Lt. Hrse.
DIED OF WOUNDS AT ZEERUST 10 JULY 1901

TROOPER A. E. EDGELER S.A.C. DIED
OF WOUNDS AT ABRAHAMS KRAAL 30 NOV. 1901

Pte. W. SMALLPEICE 2nd HANTS. REGIMENT
DIED AT BARBERTON 5 JAN. 1902

Pte. C. H. CHAMBERLAIN P.O. CORPS
DIED AT CHARLESTOWN 10 JAN. 1902

SERGt. S. V. ALLWORK 3rd K.R.R.
DIED AT MACHADODORP 11 JAN. 1902

Lce. CORPl. J. POTTER 2nd EAST KENT M.I.
DIED AT MIDDELBURG 15 JAN. 1902

Pte. C. H. BULLEN 8th HUSSARS
DIED AT CHARLESTOWN 24 JAN. 1902

MAJOR N. E. YOUNG D.S.O. R.F.A.
DIED AT BLOEMFONTEIN 26 FEB. 1902

Pte. ERIC TEMPLETON CAMPBELL
49TH MONTGOMERY IMP. YEOMANRY
DIED OF WOUNDS 8 SEPTEMBER 1902




THIS MEMORIAL, ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION WAS UNVEILED OIN SUNDAY
JULY 27TH 1902, BY THE RT. HON. W. ST. JOHN BRODRICK, P.C., SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR WAR, AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE GUILDFORD DIVISION.





"Mr. Brodrick, Secretary for War, at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, yesterday unveiled a memorial to about 30 officers and men of Guildford and district, who died during the recent war.

Mr. Brodrick said : This cannot but be in some senses a moment of sorrow, and yet there can be no more inspiriting thought that anyone who is dear to us (to us who feel like St. Paul, that we are citizens of no mean country) should have been able to forward in his degree, the destiny of our race. But at this moment when we are universally celebrating the happiness of peace, when we are welcoming back our triumphant troops, when we are on the eve of a great national rejoicing, I think we do well to remember what sacrifices have been made in the past for this Empire, to which we are proud to belong, and still more the immediate public and private losses which have occurred during the late war. When we think of these high and ennobling aspects of our citizenship, to which I have alluded, let us not forget that to those who have represented us in the field such thoughts cannot ever be present. Modern war lacks the inspiration of waving colours and clashing bands. The work our soldiers have done in action in South Africa has been done in hunger, often in weariness, always in watchfulness. Ever proud, indeed, is the record of those whose names have been specially brought to notice in so severe a campaign among a body of troops who, by their stout-heartedness, their patience and their humanity, have compelled the admiration of the stubborn race against which we have been pitted, and which we are now welcoming as fellow subjects under the King. Whatever we may do for our sick in war, there must be a great difference between attendance in a field hospital, and attendance which we ourselves obtain in our illnesses at home. Weeks of misery we hear of endured without a complaint. I was struck only a few days ago with an authentic instance which reached me of one young soldier of the Royals, who died soon after the relief of Ladysmith of enteric fever, and who had been two or three days unconscious. But at the moment of death he had one of those flashes of inspiration which we are privileged to see in some before life goes. Turning to the nurse, he sent this message : "Tell mother not to fret, for I am dying for my Queen." I think we may say that the names of those who have endured, and whom we have lost through sickness in this campaign, may be reckoned among those who came through much tribulation. It seems impossible to any of us to believe that men who behave so calmly in the presence of death, should not have their minds at rest as to the world to come. It forces itself on my mind what a consolation it would be to any man to feel that he is dying with his duty nobly done, and for ourselves may we not say, "Let us not separate all that is agreeable and attractive in our lives from the idea of duty." It is not necessary for us to put away our hopes, our ambitions, or our affections, but let us blend them with those higher aims which in our lives should take the first place. Let us make all the attributes, not merely the rivers which water our lives, but also the rivers which bear us to the infinite sea in which we must finally be merged - and so when our last hour comes, and power is dim, and honours fade, and affections do not avail us, our duty and our good deeds will be our advocates with the great Judge when He calls upon us for the tenour of our lives. Viewed from this standpoint an occasion like this cannot be altogether sad, for surely it may inspire us to emulate the happy example of those who, having sacrificed their lives, have found their gain, leaving only to us who mourn for them, the loss.

The "Dead March" was then played, and the National Anthem was sung at the conclusion of the service."

The Western Times, Monday 28th July 1902

Berenice,

Your posts are fantastic!

Nice that Private Campbell's name was added after the unveiling.