Natal Witness Monday 18th July 1881
Memorial Monument
In a day or two will be despatched to Schuins Hoogte by Messrs. Jesse Smith and Son of this City, an obelisk – plain as that now marking the spot where the brave Sir George Pomeroy Colley lies – to commemorate the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, who fell at the disastrous engagement at the Ingogo or who died of wounds received in that action. The obelisk is 12 feet in height, and entirely destitute of ornament, save that a Maltese cross is cut on the front above the inscription, with the letters “60” standing out in relief. The four sides of this simple but chaste memorial stone are covered with the names of the fallen. The inscription on the front runs: -
This Memorial
Is erected by the Officers,
Non-Commissioned Officers,
And men of the
60th Rifles
In Memory of their Comrades
Who were Killed
Or Died of Wounds received
In Action near this Spot,
On the 8th February
1881
Lieut. Garrett
“ O’Connell
2nd Lieut. Haworth
Then follow, on the other three sides the names of the non-commissioned officers and men: -
Colour Sergeant May, Sergeants Buckingham and Prince, Corporals Bristow and Nash; Bugler Howe; Privates Ashworth, Brown, Burnett, Bailey, Bull, Buckett, Burke, Botten, Clark, Coleman, Collyer, Corbett, Fenn, Forsyth, Fribans, Guthrie, Hayes, Hodges, Hayter, Hanson, Howe, Jackson, Knowles, Lynam, Merry, Merchant, Murray, Millard, Morgan, Murphy, M’Nulty, M’Cann, M’Cullough, Nelson, Pankhurst, Pheby, Pike, Russell, Rodgers, Randall, Russell, Radford, Stanson, Stunt, Snooks, Smith, Seymour, Seymour, Smith, Somerville, Steer, Suckling, Taylor, Thomas, Woods, Wilson, Watts
Looking at the above for AZW men: -
Lieut. M O'Connell 1879 clasp
2862 Sergeant H May 1879 clasp
1125 Corporal A Prince 1879 clasp
733 Private F Bristow 1879 clasp
1265 Private W Nash 1879 clasp
43 Orderly Room Clerk S Howe 1879 clasp
3374 J Ashworth 1879 returned
2089 T Brown 1879 clasp (there is a 2239 G Brown shown deserted)
2212 W Burnett 1879 clasp
Three Bailey's 3247 W Bailey, 2062 W Bailey, 2128 W. J . Bailey
3079 G Bull 1879 clasp
2103 A Buckett 1879 clasp
3086 M Burke 1879 clasp
Four Clarkes but all spelt with an 'E' at the end
Two Coleman's 2138 C Coleman and 2737 R Coleman
3056 D Corbett 1879 clasp
2345 T Forsyth 1879 clasp
3486 D Fribbans 1879 clasp (spelt with 2 'b's in the medal rolls)
2110 J Guthrie 1879 clasp
3867 R Hayes 1879 clasp
1518 H Hodges 1879 clasp
2902 J Hayter 1879 clasp
3506 T Hanson 1879 clasp
778 F Howe 1879 clasp returned
1899 T Knowles 1879 clasp
1219 T Lynam 1879 clasp returned
599 G Merry no clasp returned
Two Merchant's 2123 C Merchant 1879 clasp 3087 F Merchant 1879 clasp returned
Two Murrey's 1850 J Murray 1879 clasp and 1964 J Murray 1879 clasp returned
Two Millard's 1128 T Millard 1879 clasp and 1484 W Millard 1879 clasp
Four Morgan's
776 W Murphey 1879 clasp
3361 E McNulty 1879 clasp
3346 J McGann 1879 clasp (shown McGann on medal rolls not McCann)
1715 R McCullough 1879 clasp
2082 J Pankhurst 1879 clasp
1188 G Pheby 1879 clasp
1441 F Pike 1879 clasp
Three Russell's
Two Rogers but spelt without the 'd' in the medal rolls
44 W Randall 1879 clasp
638 W Radford 1879 clasp
No Stanson but there is a Stimson in the medal rolls
2246 W.G. Stunt 1879 clasp returned
Nineteen Smith's
Three Seymour's
1897 C Somerville 1879 clasp
Two Steer's
3164 S Suckling 1879 clasp
Six Taylors
Four Thomas's
2981 J.N. Wood 1879 clasp (Woods on memorial)
3606 J Wilson 1879 clasp
800 W Watts 1879 clasp
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