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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Intombi Cemetery Memorials, Ladysmith: Anglo-Boer War 5





COLVILLE, John Stewart Hepburn - Natal Carbineers
d. at N'Dombi [sic] 20th Jan 1900 Aged 38 years
'Peace Perfect Peace'
(inscription very faded)





COUTTS, Donald Weir
eldest surviving son of the late J Coutts, born at East London 30th Oct 1873
died at Intomba [sic] of enteric fever during the Siege of Ladysmith, 21st Jan 1900
'Resting in the Saviour's Love'
Erected by his sorrowing mother





CURTIS, Arthur William - Capt. Royal Field Artillery
b. 3 March 1870
d. 9 March 1900 (of enteric)






Photographs: Dixon0Smith

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2 comments:

  1. 'Peace perfect peace' is a soothing memorial inscription.

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  2. Not much peace even here, with the vandals.

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