Le mémorial de Paardeberg, situé à l'intérieur du cimetière de Vendusie Drift, rendent hommage aux soldats canadiens morts au combat durant la bataille de Paardeberg, la première victoire importante des forces britanniques pendant la guerre d’Afrique du Sud.
The Paardeberg Memorial located inside the Vendusie Drift Cemetery honours the Canadian soldiers who died during the Battle of Paardeberg, the first significant victory for the Commonwealth forces during the South Arican War.
The plaque on the memorial is inscribed with this text:
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF IMPERIAL AND COLONIAL SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS BETWEEN 18 FEBRUARY AND 11 MARCH 1900 AND WHO NOW LIE BURIED HERE AT WOLWEKRAALIVENDUSIEDRIFT TOGETHER WITH THOSE WHO WERE ORIGINALLY BURIED AT CORNWALL, OSFONTEIN, PATRYSVLEI, POPLARGROVE, THORNBURY AND WILHELMINA.
Canada's first major international engagement
The men buried in the Vendusie Drift Cemetery lost their lives during the Battle of Paardeberg (18–27 February 1900), which was the first major engagement for Canadian troops in the South African War. The highest single-day losses our soldiers suffered throughout the conflict came on this battle’s opening day when 18 Canadians were killed and 60 were wounded.

Source : Le Royal Canadian Regiment
Lest we forget
The special memorial stone commemorates all those believed to be buried in the cemetery without a marker. A total of 34 Canadians—all members of the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry—lay at rest here.
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
Premier engagement militaire majeur du Canada à l’échelle internationale
Les hommes enterrés dans le Jardin du Souvenir de Vendusie Drift ont perdu la vie durant la bataille de Paardeberg (du 18 au 27 février 1900), le premier déploiement majeur de troupes canadiennes pendant la guerre d’Afrique du Sud. C’est le premier jour de la bataille où les Canadiens ont subi les plus lourdes pertes, alors que 18 Canadiens ont perdu la vie et 60 autres ont été blessés.

Source : Le Royal Canadian Regiment
N’oublions jamais
Le monument commémoratif en pierre rend hommage à toutes les personnes qui, croit-on, sont enterrées dans le cimetière sans pierre tombale. Au total, 34 citoyens canadiens, tous membres du 2e Bataillon de service spécial du Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry, y reposent.
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