These memorials were transcribed many years ago by a friend who passed them on to me when I began my own Boer War project. They had been collected whilst compiling WW1 and WW2 memorial details for a book and were recorded for possible future use - they have certainly been a good starting point for my own work!
All Saints Church, Rotherham:
(North Wall)
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THE
TOWN AND DISTRICT OF ROTHERHAM
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
BOER WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902
Sgt Maj HARRY YATES, 16th Coy Army Service Corps
L/Sgt WILLIAM JONES, 2nd Btn King’s Own Regiment
Tpr HERBERT BUNTING, 66th Coy Imperial Yeomanry
Pte WILLIAM COOPER, 1st Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
Tpr HENRY G DAVIS, 66th Coy Imperial Yeomanry
Pte JOSEPH FLINTHAM, 2nd Btn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
L/Cpl RICHARD FULLWOOD, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Dvr WILLIAM GELDER, Royal Horse Artillery
Pte WALTER LEVI HAGUE, 2nd Btn West Yorkshire Regiment
Pte ERNEST HAWKINS, 19th Hussars
Pte CHARLES HIPKINS, 2nd Btn Yorkshire Light Infantry
Tpr ARTHUR FRANCIS HOYLAND, 66th Coy Imperial Yeomanry
Pte GEORGE LAW, Volunteer Coy York and Lancaster Regiment (2nd VB York and Lancaster Regiment)
Pte GEORGE MEESE, 2nd Btn Coldstream Guards
Pte ALBERT MULLINS, 2nd Btn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte GEORGE NEAL, 1st Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
Pte WILLIAM SENIOR, 2nd Btn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Tpr ARTHUR JOHN SHARPE, 11th Coy Imperial Yeomanry
Pte GEORGE WILLIAM SCOTHERN, 2nd Btn King’s Royal Rifles
Pte WILLIAM VICKERS, 2nd Btn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Tpr CHARLES NORMAN WATKIN, Baden Powell’s Police
Tpr ERNEST ALBERT WATSON, 11th Coy Imperial Yeomanry
Pte DAVID WEBSTER, 1st Btn South Lancashire Regiment
Pte JOHN WHITMORE, 2nd Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte EDWIN HART, 18th Hussars
Pte GEORGE EMERY, 1st Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
Pte CHARLES HENRY RANDALL, 1st Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
Pte JOSEPH HEELEY, 2nd Btn West Yorkshire Regiment
Pte THOMAS FRESHNEY SHADLOCK, 2nd Btn Norfolk Regiment
St George’s Church (closed), Brinsworth:
SOUTH AFRICA MEMORIAL
SACRED
To the memory of
ERNEST ALBERT WATSON
11th Company 3rd Regiment
Imperial Yeomanry
Who was killed in action at Reitfontein, South Africa
On the 9th of August 1900
Aged 24 years
Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori
Thou wast their Rock, their
fortress and their might
Thou Lord, Their Captain in
the well fought fight,
Thou in the darkness drear
Their one true light
Alleluia
The Golden Evening brightness in the West
Soon, soon to faithful Warriors
Comes their rest.
Sweet is the Calm of Paradise
The Blest
Alleluia
St Helen’s Churchyard, Treeton:
BOER WAR MEMORIAL TREETON
GREAT BOER WAR
Of 1899-1902
This Memorial Was Erected By The
Inhabitants Of Treeton In Memory Of
ERNEST MANSHIP
Who Went Out From This Parish As
A Member Of The Ambulance Corps And
Died Of Enteric Fever While On Duty
At Howick In Natal
On The 15th Day Of September 1900
In The 20th Year Of His Age
Also Of
ARTHUR KING
Formerly Of This Parish, A Reservist In The
2nd Coldstream Guards, Who Went On
Active Service And Died Of Enteric Fever
In The Transvaal, South Africa
On The 26th Day Of March 1900
In The 29th Year Of His Age
Also Of
WILLIAM E SCATTERGOOD
(Of Treeton)
Who Died May 24th 1904
Of Enteric Fever Contracted During The Campaign
In The 28th Year Of His Age
Thomas Rotherham College (formerly Rotherham Grammar School):
HONOUR TO THE BRAVE
R.S.C.
THIS TABLET IS HERE PLACED TO COMMEMORATE THE PATRIOTIC
DEVOTION OF THE UNDERMENTIONED “OLD BOYS” WHO SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE BOER WAR 1899-1902
Lt J MATTHEWS
Lt W M RHODES
Sgt W B CLEEVES
Tpr E E BENNETT
Tpr H E BENNETT
Tpr H KENWAY
Tpr C H MATTHEWS
Tpr J W MERRYWEATHER
Tpr H E SPENCER
Tpr W WHEATCROFT
Spr A G PAGETT
Pte V CLEEVES
Tpr A F HOYLAND (killed in action)
Tpr C N WATKIN (died)
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
Erected by the Old Boys Association
