Gloucestershire | Chipping Campden | Boer War Memorial
Campden School
Ordnance Survey reference: SP 155397
This memorial was formerly in the Grammar School in the High street. The old Grammar school is now several private residences, and the memorial is now mounted in the hall of the new school, next to the Grammar school’s WW I & II memorial. A large dark bronze(?) plaque mounted on a wooden base:
| IN MEMORY OF Lieut. DANIEL BUCHANAN, Kitchener’s Light Horse. Killed in action at PAARDEBURG, Feb 18th 1900 aged 36. Corpl. ALBERT N. JAMES, Glos. Imp. Yeomanry. Died at HARRISMITH, May 18th 1901 aged 23. John S. BRISTOW, British South African Police . Wounded at ELANDS RIVER, DIED at KRUGERSDORP. Sept 12th, 1900, aged 23 Trooper BERTRAM BERNARD BALDWIN, Warwick. Imp. Yeo. Died at PRETORIA. Nov. 1900, aged 20 Also in proud recognition of the patriotic services of Corpl. LEWIS GURTON, Sussex Imp. Yeomanry. Pte. ROBERT COLDICOTT, K.Co., 2nd V.B. Glos. Regt. Trooper GERALD A. NEVE, Worcester Imp. Yeo. BASIL H. NEVE, Imp. Yeo. Hospital Staff. CHARLES N. FOSTER, Oxfordshire Imp. Yeo. Sergt. E.A. KINGZETT, Warwick Imp. Yeo. Trooper J.C. HOPKINS, Warwick Imp. Yeo. Trooper Guy D. GRIFFITHS, Royal E. Kent Imp. Yeo. Trooper J.C. RAINBOW, Berks. Imp. Yeo. Trooper W. SHEPARD, Gloucestershire Yeo. Trooper ED. W. LOWNDES, 1st Imp. Light Horse Trooper H.M. FISHER, MAnchester Imp. Yeomanry. Trooper C.F. FISHER, Warwick Imp. Yeo. Trooper W.H. KEYTE, Yorkshire Imp. Yeo. OLD BOYS OF CHIPPING CAMPDEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902 |
A small brass plate mounted on the wooden backing at the base of the memorial reads:
| THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED by pupils past & present AND WAS UNVEILED DEC 17TH 1903 BY COL. J.C. GRIFFITH V.D. 2nd V.B. Glos. Regt. |
St James’ Church
Ordnance Survey reference: SP 155394
A beaten copper plaque in the church, that reads:
| To the Glory of God and in memory of privates Alfred Benfield 1st King’s Royal Rifles William Henry Franklin 2nd Royal Warwicks and William Tracey 1st Gloucestershire who died of dysentery in S. Africa while serving their country in the Boer war 1900 “Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life” “Behold we count them happy which endure” |
Last modified 17 January 2000