Yetholm : Wauchope Memorial
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Yetholm : Wauchope Memorial
Image: © Ken Bagnall Taken: 18 Mar 2011
In the centre of Town Yetholm village green is the memorial to Major-General Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie. It bears the inscription: "Erected by the inhabitants of Yetholm, and other friends, to the memory of Major-General Wauchope, CB, CMG, of Yetholm, who fell in battle while leading his troops at Macersfontein, 17th December 1899." Bordernet: http://www.yetholm.bordernet.co.uk/history/war.html
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