Memorial
Horse Ridden By General De Villebois Mareuil
Source: Copyright Dave Cooper
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Current Location
VILLAGE GREEN, Latimer, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1TY, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 00347 98855
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- Type of Memorial
- Cairn
- WMR Reference Number
- 12880
- Description
- PILE OF STONES SURMOUNTED BY A STONE OBELISK
- Inscription
- THE HORSE RIDDEN BY GENERAL DE VILLEBOIS MAREUIL AT THE BATTLE OF BOSHOF, S. AFRICA, 5TH APRIL 1900, IN WHICH THE GENERAL WAS KILLED AND THE HORSE WOUNDED (ANOTHER PLAQUE GIVES DETAILS ABOUT MAJOR GENENRAL LORD CHESHAM BRINGING THE HORSE BACK TO ENGLAND LATER THAT YEAR. IT DIED IN 1911)
- War
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Components
- Cairn
Height: 600MM
Width: 1500MM
Depth: 500MM
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good