Significance
Boer commandos attacked Colonel Benson's No. 3 Flying Column at Bakenlaagte on 30 October 1901.
The Memorial is inscribed
In ever loving Memory of CAPTAIN F.T. THOROLD LIEUT E.V. INGHAM BROOKE LIEUT R.E. SHEPHERD 2nd BATT KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY KILLED AT BAKENLAAGTE 30th OCT 1901
The plinth is inscribed
ERECTED BY THEIR FATHERS BRIGADE SURGEON H.C. THOROLD ARCHDEACON J.I. BROOKE COLONEL C.H. SHEPHERD DSO I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
Bakenlaagte battlefield is in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on the Kriel-Kinross road close to the intersection of the R547 and the R580.
Further reading
Bakenlaagte 30 October 1901 by Robin Smith
Memorials in the vicinity
ABW Memorial (Baakenlaagte, Bethal, Boksburg, Boschmanskop, Devon, Leslie, Nooitgedacht, Oshoek and Springs)
Kings Royal Rifles Mounted Infantry Bakenlaagte Memorial
84 Battery Royal Field Artillery Memorial
Knights Deep War Memorial
Queen's Bays Leeuwkop 1 April 1902 Memorial
Scottish Horse Bakenlaagte 30 Oct 1901 Memorials
Primrose Township Great War Memorial