Lieutenant Hugh Stewart McCorquodale - by: BereniceUK

In St. Sadwrn's Churchyard, Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales. More on H. S. McCorquodale here - www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...akerfield-lancashire





THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE
PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH IN MEMORY
OF HUGH STEWART McCORQUODALE
LIEUTENANT THORNEYCROFT'S MOUNTED
INFANTRY YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE
McCORQUODALE OF GADLYS WHO AT
THE CALL OF DUTY VOLUNTEERED FOR
ACTIVE SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA
AND FELL GALLANTLY FIGHTING ON
SPION KOP NATAL ON 24 JANUARY
1900 AND WAS BURIED ON THE
FIELD OF BATTLE.



BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL
GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE. GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN
LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.



The reverse of the memorial.













MEMORIAL CROSS. - On Thursday, a cross raised through contributions by the residents of Llansadwrn, was unveiled in memory of the late Mr. H. S. McCorquodale, Gadlys, who went to the South African war, and was killed at Spion Kop. On the cross is the following inscription: - "This cross was erected by the parishioners in memory of Hugh Stewart McCorquodale, lieutenant, Thorneycroft's Horse, the youngest son of George McCorquodale, Gadlys, who volunteered to serve his country in South Africa, and fell, while bravely fighting at Spion Kop, Natal, January 24th, 1900."

(Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, Friday 15th August 1902)