Two Boer War Casualties | ||
HENRY NORMAN HILL AGED 24 YEARS 2ND LIEUTENANT 4TH BATTERY FIELD ARTILLERY PREVIOUSLY A LIEUTENANT IN THE TYNEMOUTH VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY KILLED IN ACTION AY KLEINSFONTEIN 24 OCTOBER 1901 AND MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES FOR VERY MARKED GALLANTRY ERECTED BY HIS FORMER COMRADES THE OFFICERS OF THE TYNEMOUTH VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY (The Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery claims to be the oldest volunteer artillery unit of the British Army) |
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF TROOPER JOHN DIXON AGED 27 YEARS OF NORTH SHIELDS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT RHENOSTERFONTEIN. SOUTH AFRICA ON SEPT. 5TH. 1901. WHILST SERVING IN THE 101ST COMPANY IMPERIAL YEOMANRY |