How about these? Glen Hodgins Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Ferran" <turifoia@vianw.pt> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] Ceylon Mounted Infantry > Hi! > Has anybody got a photo of the Memorial to the Ceylon Mounted Infantry. I am > researching the Thomas family. Lt. Arthur Henri Thomas was killed in 1900 in > Bultfontein, South Africa. His father Matthew Henri Thomas, who was a > planter in Ceylon, was instrumental in founding the Ceylon Mounted Infantry > who fought in the Boer war. > > The Ceylon Contingent Memorial: This memorial was erected opposite the > 'Mahamaluwa' (Esplanade) in commemoration of the services of the Ceylon > Contingent in South Africa, 1900 - 1902 and unveiled by Field Marshal H. R. > H. the Duke of Connaught, K. G., G. C. M. G. March 18, 1907." In memoriam - > Lieut. Arthur A. Thomas, W. Max Kelly, C. Campion, Q. M., St. Cheyne, A. S. > Hopper, K. Hamilton, Claude C. Bell, N. W. Smellie. This Memorial was > designed by Mrs. Thomas, wife of Edward Hector Le Marchant Thomas, a brother > of Lieutenant Thomas. It represents a trooper of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry > giving the signal 'enemy is in sight.' This statue was pulled down in an > undergraduate protest in the 1960's and never re-instated. Now this Memorial > is kept in the compound of the Military Headquarters in Kandy. > > Any help in locating a picture would be most appreciated! > > Dr. Jean Ferran > Turifoia > 31, rua Serpa Pinto, > Apt. 33 > 8550 Monchique (P.) > Tel.(+351) 282 912 822 > Fax. (+351) 282 912 722 > ferran@monchique.com > Website: www.monchique.com > > In case of difficulties, please use this alternative address: > jferran@ochanoff.741.com > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >