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Spion Kop monuments 6 years 4 months ago #60286

djb Offline Administrator Posts: 32639 Thank you received: 5006	Lt A P C H Wade, 2nd Royal Lancaster Regiment Dr David Biggins Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: BereniceUK, Moranthorse1
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Spion Kop monuments 6 years 4 months ago #60287

djb Offline Administrator Posts: 32639 Thank you received: 5006	Monument to the Royal Lancaster Regiment Dr David Biggins Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Elmarie, BereniceUK, Moranthorse1
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Spion Kop monuments 6 years 4 months ago #60288

djb Offline Administrator Posts: 32639 Thank you received: 5006	Memorial to the Boer fighters Dr David Biggins Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Brett Hendey, Elmarie, David Grant, Rory, Henk Loots, BereniceUK, Moranthorse1
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Spion Kop monuments 6 years 4 months ago #60303

BereniceUK Offline Senior Member Posts: 3366 Thank you received: 2315	Wonderful! Thank you for those great photos, David, and a HUGE thank you for photographing H. S. McCorquodale's grave marker.
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Spion Kop monuments 6 years 4 months ago #60307

QSAMIKE Offline Senior Member Posts: 5848 Thank you received: 1948	Yes I would like to add my Thanks David, great job..... Mike Life Member Past-President Calgary Military Historical Society O.M.R.S. 1591
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Spion Kop monuments 2 years 5 months ago #84370

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Early photograph of the British trench grave on Spion Kop by R.E. Gell.
Grass has not yet started to grow on the backfill, suggesting that it was taken in 1900.
The marker indicating the approximate location of where General Woodgate was mortally wounded can be seen on the horizon, but, beyond this, none of the permanent monuments have been erected.

The inscription on the temporary cross in the foreground reads: “SACRED / TO THE / MEMORY OF / THE / OFFs NCOs & MEN / OF THE / 2ND BATT / MIDDLESEX RGT / KILLED / HERE”. These men are now commemorated on the main Spion Kop memorial.