South African Military History Society

Battle of Boomplaats British Roll of Honour


Photo: Gavin Withers

Location
Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
In St George's Cathedral, 5 Wale Street, Cape Town City Centre
GPS: 33 deg 55 min 17.99 sec S, 18 deg 25 min 5.99 sec E

The Memorial Plaque is inscribed:

THIS
MONUMENT IS ERECTED
BY THEIR COMPANIONS IN ARMS
IN MEMORY OF
THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS
WHO FELL IN ACTION
AT BOEM PLAATS, SOUTH AFRICA
ON THE 29TH DAY OF AUGUST 1848
CAPTAIN ARTHUR STORMONT MURRAY
OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE
ENSIGN M. BABBINGTON STEELE
OF THE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN.
PRIVATES
T. HALTON B. HARVEY, BUGLER, J. BAYLIS
OF THE 45TH REGIMENT
J. BARRETT J. DAY J. DAUNAHY
J. THOMAS C. MARTIN G. HOLLISTER
OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE
J. MENTOR W. CAMPHOR J. FREEMAN
A. JACK R. WILLIAMS
OF THE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN.
THE CORPS ENGAGED WERE
ROYAL ARTILLERY 45TH AND 91ST REGTS
RIFLE BRIGADE AND CAPE MOUNTED
RIFLEMEN

Further reading
Arthur Murray and the Battle of Boomplaats
Memorials of the Battle of Boomplaats 29 August 1848

Memorials in the Cathedral
Battle of Boomplaats British Roll of Honour
Lt Col Frederick Miller VC Memorial
Captain George Pilkington, RE
Colonel Edmund Hartley VC, CMG
3rd Dragoon Guards Anglo-Boer War Roll of Honour

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