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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    20th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

    Tablet

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    Current Location

    Holy Cross & St Laurence Church, Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, Essex, EN9 1DJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 38100 00700

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • David PATERSON

    • Charles H REX

    • George A RAYNOR

    • Charles E H RYDER

    • William STEPHENSON

    • Cecil B STONE

    • Albert E WRIGHT

    • James WILMOT

    • Frederick W UBSDELL

    • Frederick W URMSTON

    • Francis W MOGER

    • Robert H MORETON

    • Harry P GODDARD

    • Thomas GOLLAN

    • Frank I GALT

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    © WMR-2236

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    2236
    Description
    Plain white castellino marble inscription tablet mounted onto a nowy-headed red alabaster pattress. Incised inscription. Tablet flanked by two figures. Two female figures flank the tablet, both depicted in attitudes of grief and both holding wreaths. Laurel wreath carved in relief above the inscription tablet with initials ' RR' within it and crown above
    Inscription
    R R / PRO PATRIA / IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS, N.C.O.S & MEN OF / THE XXTH BATTALION IMPERIAL YEOMANRY (ROUGH RIDERS) / WHO DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900 - 1902. / (30 NAMES) / This Tablet is erected by their Comrades
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    30
    Died
    30
    Information shown
    Rank, forename, initials, surname
    Order of names
    Rank, surname
    Maker(s)
    • Army and Navy Auxiliary Cooperative Society Ltd, Mason

    • Messrs. Harry Hems and Sons, Designer

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Sponsored By
    The comrades of the men commemorated

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    14 December 1902

    Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO

    Custodian
    Parochial Church Council

    Components

    Backboard

    Height: 1360mm

    Width: 1400mm

    Depth: 160mm


    Made from: Alabaster


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Height: 1360mm

    Width: 1400mm

    Depth: 160mm


    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: At Risk


    • 'For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902' by Gildea, James 57 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London 'Waltham Abbey Parish Church Guide 2nd edition' compiled by A.V.G. Clavell (M.A. vicar & rural Dean of Chigwell)
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/141327/ . Accessed 24 March 2022.