The South African War Memorial is a memorial located in the courtyard of Province House in Halifax,

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, Canada.

History

On October 19, 1901, the

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(the future

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) laid the cornerstone for the monument. (This was the first visit to Canada by a Prince and Princess of Wales.) The Prince also gave medals to returning soldiers. Two weeks later, on November 1, the heroes of

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returned and marched triumphantly down George Street. The statue was made by

Hamilton MacCarthy Hamilton Thomas Carlton Plantagenet MacCarthy (28 July 1846 – 24 October 1939) was one of the earliest masters of monumental bronze sculpture in Canada. He is known for his historical sculptures, in particular his Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mon ...

(who also made the Boer War Monument in the Halifax Public Gardens and the Harold Lothrop Borden statue in Canning). At the base of the statue are four panels. One panel is of the departure of troops from Halifax en route to South Africa; another is the Battle of Witpoort, which made Harold Lothrop Borden the most famous Canadian casualty of the war; another depicts the Battle of Paardeberg (Canada's most significant battle of the war, with the most casualties); and the fourth panel is of the

Siege of Mafeking The siege of Mafeking was a 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking (now called Mafikeng) in South Africa during the Second Boer War from October 1899 to May 1900. The siege received considerable attention as Lord Edward Cecil, the son of ...

. These panels were also meant to honour the three Canadian Services that fought in the war: the infantry, mounted rifles and artillery.

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of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Highlanders participated in the war. For two decades afterwards, Canadians would gather on February 27 (known in Canada as "Paardeberg Day") around memorials to the South African War to say prayers and honour veterans. This continued until the end of the

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, when

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(later called

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) began to observed on November 11.

Gallery

File:DepartHalifaxBoerWarMonumentNovaScotia.jpg, Departing Halifax File:BattleAtWitpoortSouthAfrica1900.jpg, Battle of Witpoort, Boer War Monument, Province House,

File:PaardebergMonumentHalifaxNovaScotia.JPG,

Battle of Paardeberg The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain") was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War. It was fought near ''Paardeberg Drift'' on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley. Lord Methuen a ...

File:MafekingMonumentHalifaxNovaScotia.JPG,

Killed officers named on monument

* Major Harold Lothrop Borden (son of

Frederick William Borden Sir Frederick William Borden, (May 14, 1847 – January 6, 1917) was a Canadian politician. While he was the Minister for Militia and Defence, he was the father of the most famous Canadian casualty of the Second Boer War Harold Lothrop Borden. H ...

King's Canadian Hussars The King's Canadian Hussars were a cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In August 1939, the regiment was converted to artillery and currently exists today as the 87th Field Battery, ...

* Lieutenant

Charles Carroll Wood Lieutenant Charles Carroll Wood (born 19 March 1876 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – died 11 November 1899 in Belmont, South Africa) was the first Canadian Officer to die in the Second Boer War. As a member of a family that had distinguished ...

(son of

John Taylor Wood John Taylor Wood (August 13, 1830 – July 19, 1904) was an officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy. He resigned from the U.S. Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War, and became a "leading Confederate naval hero" ...

), Royal North Lancashire Regt. *Lieutenant Barclay Webster (son of Barclay Webster), K.O.B.L.R. * Captain John Halliburton Laurie ( son of John Laurie Sr.), Royal Lancaster Regt. * Lieutenant Monson Goudge Blanchard, 5th Regt, Canadian Artillery (also he has brass memorial plaque at St. John's Presbyterian Church, 613 King St,

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and is also listed on the memorial arch at

Bay Street Armoury Bay Street Armoury is located at 715 Bay Street in Victoria, British Columbia. The Bay Street Drill Hall was completed in 1915. It was created to provide training facilities for local militia units such as the Fifth Regiment of artillery, as we ...

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) * Captain Charles Albert Hensley, Royal Dublin Fusiliers *Sergeant John E. Pemberton *Sergeant John R. Margeson R.C.R. *Corporal Harvey (Harry) Butler B. WillistonWilliston, Harvey (Harry) Butler, Tpr., South African Constabulary, name not on roll; died of fever on 9 Feb. 1902 at Pretoria

References

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External links

Canadian Anglo Boer War Museum

Detailed insets of Monument

Monuments and memorials in Nova Scotia Military history of Nova Scotia Canadian military memorials and cemeteries Second Boer War memorials

History

Gallery

Killed officers named on monument

See also

References

External links