Yarm South African Wars Plaque

This plaque commemorates the 8 local men who served in what is now known as the Second Boer War between 1899–1902, they were:

1st P.W.O. 19th Yorkshire Regiment: Corp. George Temple Todd Pte. Thomas William Baldridge Pte. Matthew Henry Dawson Pte. Albert Vickers Wilson Pte. Henry Thomas Fisher

Imperial Yeomanry: Tpr. Edward Holt Tpr. Hereward Sadler

also Pte. Owen O’Shaughnessey, 3rd P.W.O. Yorkshire Regt. who was killed at the Battle of Paardeberg, Feb. 18th, 1900.