Building record 0748000000 - Memorial to General De Villebois Mareuil's horse

Summary

Boer War memorial of a stone cairn, commemorating General De Villebois Mareuil's horse

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Type and Period (4)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (Constructed 1911, Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)
  • BURIAL CAIRN (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • OBELISK (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • ANIMAL BURIAL (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The horse ridden by General De Villebois Mareuil was injured at the battle of Boshof in South Africa in 1900 - the General himself being killed. The horse was returned to England but died in 1911 and is buried on Latimer Green the spot being marked with a pile of stones surmounted by an obelisk (B1).
The smaller cairn (without an obelisk) commemorates the the horse.

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM REF: 12880.

Location

Grid reference TQ 00342 98850 (point)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 17 2022 7:02PM

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