St Giles Church - Barlestone

Boer War, Second (1899-1902)

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  • Listing Status: Grade II
  • District: Hinckley & Bosworth
  • Made by: ACAR BROS
  • Parish: Barlestone

Carved stone tablet with shield, flags, two rifles crossed and helmet.

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View Further Details Memorial Type:Tablet or Plaque or Board Ref: WMP0062 Other Designation: N/A Information Sources: KH

Location

St Giles Church - Barlestone
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Inscription Reads

FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY
IN MEMORY OF
TROOPER FREDERICK JOHN PEGG
7TH, COMPANY IMPERIAL YEOMANRY (LEICESTERS),
THIRD SON OF
RICHARD & EMMA SELINA PEGG
OF BARLESTONE,
WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
NOVEMBER 21ST, 1900, AND WAS BURIED
AT SLANGSFONTIEN ORC AGED 27.
"SHALL NOT THE JUDGE OF ALL THE
EARTH DO RIGHT"
THIS TABLET
WAS ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING
COMRADES AND FRIENDS.
ACAR BROS

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Pegg - Frederick John Trooper Imperial Yeomanry (leicestershire) 4th 21/11/1900
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