Knisley Memorial - Cayuga, ON - Boer Wars Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This Boer War memorial is located in front of the Cayuga Courthouse in Cayuga, Ontario. The monument is dedicated to Corporal Knisley, who died at the Battle of Hart's River in 1902 and Lieutenant Nelles, who died at BLOEMFONTEIN in 1901.

The monument features a statue of Knisley, who received the Distinguished Conduct Medal of Gallantry, in great detail including his pistol holster, banded shins and mustache.

MONUMENT TEXT
"HALDIMAND'S SON'S
KILLED IN THE
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
CORP. W.A. KNISLEY D.S.M.
HARTS RIVER, APR. 2. 1902
-
LIEUT.
W.H. NELLES, C.E. D.S.M.
DIED OF WOUNDS,
BLOEMFONTEIN JAN. 29 1901.
-
FAMA SEMPER VIVAT.”

PLAQUE TEXT:
"KNISLEY MEMORIAL

ERECTED 1907 BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION, IN REMEMBRANCE OF
CORPORAL WILLIAM A. KNISLEY, ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS,
WHO WAS DECORATED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
OF GALLANTRY AT LELIEFONTEIN AND WHO GAVE HIS LIFE AT
THE BATTLE OF HARTS RIVER APRIL 2 1902. AND IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF HALDIMAND COUNTY WHO FOUGHT IN THE SOUTH
AFRICAN (BOER) WAR."

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