The Memorial Plaque is inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF COLONEL EDMUND BARON HARTLEY VC CMG SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN 1877-1903 PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER CAPE COLONIAL FORCES 1878-1903 BORN IVYBRIDGE DEVON 6TH MAY 1847 DIED 20TH MARCH 1919 Fearless in bringing aid to the wounded untiring in his care for his comrades his courage and his sympathy were always at the service of his men by whom he was greatly loved and honoured
His VC Citation published in The London Gazette of 7 October 1881, Number 25023, page 4990 is:
"For conspicuous gallantry displayed by him in attending the wounded, under fire, at the unsuccessful attack on Moirosi's Mountain, in Basutoland, on the 5th June 1879; and for having proceeded into the open ground, under a heavy fire, and carried in his arms, from an exposed position, Corporal A. Jones, of the Cape Mounted Riflemen, who was wounded. While conducting him to a place of safety the Corporal was again wounded. The Surgeon-Major then returned under the severe fire of the enemy in order to dress the wounds of other men of the storming party."
Memorials in the Cathedral
Lt Col Frederick Miller VC Memorial
Captain George Pilkington, RE
Colonel Edmund Hartley VC, CMG
3rd Dragoon Guards Anglo-Boer War Roll of Honour