Paardeberg Memorial
The men buried in the Vendusie Drift Garden of Remembrance lost their lives during the Battle of Paardeberg (February 18–27, 1900), which was the first major engagement for Canadian troops in the South African War. The highest single-day losses our soldiers suffered in the conflict came on the battle’s opening day when 18 Canadians were killed and 60 were wounded. The Battle of Paardeberg would be the first significant victory for the British forces in the war. The special memorial stone erected in the Garden of Remembrance commemorates all those believed to be buried in the cemetery without a headstone.
A total of 34 Canadians—all members of the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry—lay at rest there.
- Henry Mittleberger Arnold
- Cecil H. Barry
- William Sampson Brady
- Oliver Thomas Burns
- John Andrew Donegan
- James Halkett Findlay
- Robert Cuthbert Goodfellow
- Charles Ernest Edward Jackson
- William Ernest Jackson
- John Granville Johnston
- Joseph Marshall Johnston
- Cecil Lester
- Zachary Richard Edmond Lewis
- Frederick James Living
- William Thomas Manion
- Arthur Albert Maundrell
- Patrick H McCreary
- Alexander McQueen
- George Ormon
- Frederick Charles Page
- Alfred William Riggs
- Alphonse Roy
- Jacob Boyd Scott
- William Ironside Scott
- Julius G Sievert
- Robert Smith
- John Henry Somers
- Roland Dennis Taylor
- Cuthbert Thomas Thomas
- John St Clair Todd
- Frederick Wasdell
- Walter Raymond White
- Frederick William Withers
- Albert Withey
Credit: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Directions
The Vendusie Drift Garden of Remembrance is located in the Boshof District of Free State, South Africa. It is 9.1 km from the Paardeberg Museum. Follow the dirt road and turn right at the Cannon sign, travel 600 m, turn right, and travel a further 200 m.
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