ENLISTED FOR SERVICE IN THE BOER WAR A. D

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AT THE BATTERY HEADQUARTERS BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN AND OTHERS BOTH AS AN ABIDING MARK OF APPRECIATION OF THEIR LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUT Y IN THE CAUSE OF QUEEN AND COUNTRY AND ALSO AS AN INCENTIVE TO THE YOUNG MEN OF SHEFFORD TO BE READY TO EMULATE THEIR NOBLE EX AMPLE OF PATRIOTIC SELF-SACRIFICE WHENEVER IN THE CAUSE OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE THEY MAY BE CALLED UPON TO SERVE HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE KING