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Brantford, Ontario 8 years 6 months ago #43741

BereniceUK Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 3366 Thank you received: 2300	Spion Kop
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BereniceUK Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 3366 Thank you received: 2300	The statue and plaques are in amazingly good condition for their age, they look as though they could have been unveiled yesterday. www.cdli.ca/monuments/on/brantboer.htm
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Brett Hendey Offline Senior Member Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 717	Berenice Thank you for showing a truly amazing memorial! It must surely be unique! The people who made it deserve a memorial themselves. Regards Brett
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BereniceUK Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 3366 Thank you received: 2300	Thanks, Brett. I agree, it's a very impressive memorial, and in the memory of just three men of Brantford too. Well worth the drive to get there to see it. I see that the figure is wearing spurs. Is he in the uniform of the Imperial Yeomanry?
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Hi Berenice......

I think that the uniform is of the Canadian Mounted Rifles......

Here is Builder: www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-....aspx?IdNumber=8024&

Here is Sherritt: www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-...aspx?IdNumber=12258&

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Here is all there is for Osborne:

Mike

Life Member
Past-President Calgary
Military Historical Society
O.M.R.S. 1591

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BereniceUK Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 3366 Thank you received: 2300	Here are two excellent webpages relating to Brantford's memorial, which I've just found. goldiproductions.com/angloboerwarmuseum/...tdis_memorials2.html www.doingourbit.ca/blog/8798
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