1st & 2nd Boer War Memorials St Mary De Haura Church Shoreham-by-Sea

This memorial commemorates E.A. Lowdell Fenner who gave his life on 1 June 1900 in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).
"Sacred to the memory of
E.A. Lowdell Fenner
of this parish
Vety Capt. 47 Compy. Imperial Yeomanry
(Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Born .. Feb 1876 and
died on active service at Vrede O.R.C., S.
Africa 1st June 1900.
This tablet is erected by his old comrades
of Shoreham Compy 1st S.A.V.
as a mark of their esteem"
'Thy will be done'


This memorial, the tower clock and a plaque, commemorates a.o. Randle Brereton Hooper, who gave his life on 14 January 1881 in the First Boer War (1880-1881).
"The clock
in the tower of this church
was given by
Robert Poole Hooper M.A.
Clerk in Holy Orders
in memory of
Harriet Brereton
His wife who died Feb 22nd 1886
and of
Randle Brereton Hooper
their son
killed in action in S. Africa
Jan 14th 1881"
'Ut Horae sic Vita"
1898'

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries + Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward (1, 4), Susan Featherstone (2), © Susan Featherstone (WMR-71930) (3)