Location
Situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
32 degrees 40 minutes 10 seconds south
26 degrees 53 minutes 4 seconds east
Approximately 18 kms from Alice on the R345 between Alice and Hogsback
Turn left onto the dirt road towards Elundini Backpackers
St Mungo's Church is on the right approximately 2 kms from the R345
Significance
The memorial at St Mungo's Church in the Tyumie River valley commemorates the 41 settlers, mostly retired soldiers of the 91st Regiment and their sons, who were killed in the Christmas Day attacks of 1850 at the opening of the 8th Frontier War when Ngqika warriors attacked the military villages of Woburn, Auckland, and Juanasberg without warning.
In Memoriam
90th PVLI
To the Glory of God and sacred to the memory of the
Undermentioned men of the 90th (Perthshire Volunteers)
Light Infantry, now 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles, who
Formed part of the Military Settlement at Woburn and
Auckland, and who were massacred on
Xmas Day 1850
Private D. Phelps Private W. Hempshire
Private T. Shaw Private W. Shorthouse
Private J. Smallbones Private J. Gunner
Private J. Joiner Private T. Paxton
Private W. Blackwell Corporal J. Baker
Private J. Rothwell Private D. Quinn
Private W. Hickman Private J. Spirow
Private E. Bennett Private R. Jones
Private C. Lock Private W. Walsh
Private J. Shumshall
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Erected by the 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles
