South African Military History Society

Bombardier Charles Morcombe Moyle, PAOCA


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:

The Memorial Plaque is inscribed:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
BOMBARDIER
CHARLES MORCOMBE MOYLE
WHO DIED ON THE 28TH OF JULY 1897
AGED 33 YEARS,
AT KURUMAN WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH THE PRINCE ALFRED'S OWN CAPE ARTILLERY
IN BECHUANALAND
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS
MEMORY BY THE ACTIVE
SERVICE DETACHMENT
OF HIS CORPS

A detachment of Prince Alfred's Own Cape Artillery (PAOCA) served during the Bechuanaland Campaign as part of the Cape Colony's response to the Batlapin-Barolong-Batlaros uprising triggered by rinderpest control measures.
Kuruman was a staging point for government forces.

Memorials in the Cathedral
Bombardier Charles Morcombe Moyle
Gunner Frederick William Ratcliffe
Battle of Boomplaats Rifle Brigade Memorial
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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