Cross on headstone with shaped shoulders with engraving in centre roundel of cross.
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Inscription on headstone.
In Loving Memory of JAMES PICKETT, (OF TAR FARM, SOUTHLEIGH, OXON) WHO DIED OCTR 28TH 1901, AGED 57 YEARS. ALSO OF SERGT THOMAS HENRY, (4OTH IMPERIAL YEOMANRY) ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE & JANE PICKETT, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHILST SERVING HIS COUNTRY AT HARTEBEESTFONTEIN FEBRY 18TH 1901, AGED 28 YEARS, BURIED AT KLERKSDORP, SOUTH AFRICA JANE PICKETT, BORN JAN 14 1841, DIED FEB 21 1931.
Burial Register: A550, A657.
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