Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire - by: BereniceUK

The tablet is in the grounds of Holy Trinity, the parish church of Sutton Coldfield, but can't have been in its present place prior to 1976. Originally in the church, the town hall, or somewhere else? And has it been whitewashed to try to give it some protection from being outside?



The two fatalities were -
H. M. Sadler, Volunteer Medical Corps. Died whilst returning.
6948 Corporal S. F. Taylor, 1st South Staffordshire Regiment. Died of disease at Bloemfontein on 22nd May 1900.






* The full name of the town is the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield.

The left-hand column is -

WARWICKSHIRE YEOMANRY
SERGEANT G. W. WALKER
TROOPER F. BRIDGWATER

IMPERIAL YEOMANRY
SERGEANT W. R. WALTERS
TROOPER J. W. MORTON
" H. F. SHENTON
" S.J. LISDALL

SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY
TROOPER A. ALDRIDGE

LOYAL LANCASHIRE REGIMENT
SERGEANT J. M. MERRIFIELD

VOLUNTEER MEDICAL CORPS
PRIVATE H. M. SADLER
DIED WHILST RETURNING



The centre and right columns read -
QR . MR . SGT . H. W. GIFFIN
TROOPER H. G. DENNING IMPERIAL YEOMANRY
" T. GREENER
" G. CRUTCHLEY
" H. D. FORD S. AFRICAN CONSTABULARY
LCE CORP D. S. PARKES NATAL MOUNTED RIFLES
SERGEANT F. WOOLLEY...…………………………………………………...PRIVATE J. ALLSOP
CORPORAL E. MERRIFIELD...…………………………………………….…." H. A. BLEWITT
" L. C. SECKER...…………………………………………………......……...…" H. LEWIS
LCE CORP F. M. BRAWN...……………………………………………………." E. T. RHODES
" S. F. TAYLOR DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE ……................……………...." T. H. ROGERS
………………………………………………………………………………..……." G. A. STEVENTON
BUGLER D. W. TUFFLEY...…………………………………….……………...." A. E. TRANTER
………………………………………………………………………………………." F. T. TURNER