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Post date: 07/08/2012
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Significance: National Garden of Remembrance containing military graves.
Significance: National Garden of Remembrance containing military graves.
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History: See file inscriptions.
Memorials: 1) 1899-1902
In memory of the officers and men who died in Mooi River during the South African War."Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord and let light perpetual shine upon them."
(Hereafter are listed the names and regiments of all the men buried in the cemetery.)
2) VR 1900
18 unknown British Soldiers
"Known to God"
3) In Ardis Fidelis
Royal Army Medical Corps
The officers, NC officers and men of No.$ General Hospital who died during the campaign in South Africa 1899-1901-1902
Erected by their comrades
(Here follow their names and ranks) 4) Here lie in peace 316 British Soldiers.
Nearby St John's Churchyard rest the remains of Major General Sir E. Woodgate KCMG,CB
Lt D>B> Gore-Booth. Dorset Regiment, Lt A>W> Hall, DurhamLight Infantry
1900-1904 and Pte Flynn. 6th Inneskilling Dragoon Gaurds. 1882, Erected by the sons of England Patriotic and Benevolent Society 1965.
Visual Description: Relatively large military cemetery;
SiteFeat: 1) Memorial to British soldiers who died at No.4 General Hospital, Mooi River, during the Anglo-Boer War: 2) a second Memorial to ünknown" soldiers
3) a third memorial to British soldiers
4) a fourth memorial to British soldiers.
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