Gunner killed in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Gunner killed in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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