The Horse Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in memory of the horses that served and died during the Second Boer War. During that conflict Britain brought a large number of horses to South Africa; it is estimated that the total cost of all the acquired for the war was around 7 million pounds. More that 300,000 horses died in British service in South Africa. The memorial was described in the Government Gazette as

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  • The Horse Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in memory of the horses that served and died during the Second Boer War. During that conflict Britain brought a large number of horses to South Africa; it is estimated that the total cost of all the acquired for the war was around 7 million pounds. More that 300,000 horses died in British service in South Africa. The memorial was described in the Government Gazette as
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  • Joseph Whitehead
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  • THE GREATNESS OF A NATION
    CONSISTS NOT SO MUCH UPON THE NUMBER OF ITS PEOPLE
    OR THE EXTENT OF ITS TERRITORY
    AS IN THE EXTENT AND JUSTICE OF ITS COMPASSION

    ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
    IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICES OF THE GALLANT ANIMALS WHICH PERISHED IN THE ANGLO BOER WAR 1899-1902
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  • The Horse Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in memory of the horses that served and died during the Second Boer War. During that conflict Britain brought a large number of horses to South Africa; it is estimated that the total cost of all the acquired for the war was around 7 million pounds. More that 300,000 horses died in British service in South Africa. The memorial was described in the Government Gazette as
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  • Horse Memorial
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