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Date: n.d. Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 31°53'46.22" S 26°52'15.09" E Alt: 1078m

Memorial to Queenstown Rifle Volunteers and other Corps who lost their lives in the Anglo-Boer War. Transcription of wording on north face: TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. AND MEN OF THIS DISTRICT SERViNG WITH THE QUEENSTOWN RIFLE VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER CORPS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION AND DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE WHILST SERVING WITH THE IMPERIAL AND COLONIAL FORCES IN THE TRANSVAAL, ORANGE RIVER COLONY AND CAPE COLONY DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899 - 1902 ______ THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES IN ARMS ASSISTED BY THE PUBLIC OF QUEENSTOWN ______ Transcription of wording on west face: MAJOR Q. VEITCH. CAPE MEDICAL CORPS. SERGT. G. H.TREADWAY. CAPE MOUNTED POLICE. LANCE CORPORAL C.T. GARDNER. IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE. TROOPER E.J.BROWN. PROTECTORATE REGIMENT.     ''    E.FENTHUM. CAPE MOUNTED POLICE.     ''    W McKINNON 2ND BRABANTS HORSE. LIEUT. J. E. W. PATTEN.     REMINGTON'S IMPERIAL CORPS OF GUIDES. TROOPER A MATTUSHE. PROTECTORATE REGIMENT.     ''    R. SCOTT. SPECIAL POLICE. The east panel (substantially obscured by graffiti in 2023) reads as follows: Q. R. V. _______________ LIEUT. J. H. ROBINS. SERGT. MAJOR G. N. HOLL. SERGT. E. ARNOTT. SERGT. H. BURKINSHAW. PRVT.   .. .. .. .. .. .. .. E. BAUMANN. H. B. BROWN. E. BUTLER. H.C. FLOWERS. F. H. FOSTER. G. GILES. W. B. HICKERSON. T. FAWDRY. PRVT.   .. .. .. .. .. .. G. HILL. W. F. McHUGH. J. MILNE. G. PAYNE. F. RANDALL. F. SLATER. H. SMITH.