FREETOWN MEMORIAL
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Location Information
The Freetown Memorial is located outside the Secretariat Building in the centre of Freetown.
Historical Information
The West Africans who died whilst serving with the Royal West African Frontier Force in West Africa, whose graves are not known, or are unmaintainable, are commemorated by name on memorials in the countries of their enlistment: men of Sierra Leone at Freetown, Nigerians at Lagos, men of Ghana at Accra, and of Gambia at Bathurst (now Banjul).
The Freetown Memorial commemorates 1,111 First World War casualties and 247 from the Second World War.
Total Commemorated: 1,358.
Commemorated World War One: United Kingdom 1,015, India 91, South Africa 5. Total 1,111.
Commemorated World War Two: United Kingdom 247. Total 247.
Shot at Dawn
2479 Private Fatoma, West African Regiment, executed for cowardice 19th July 1915. His battalion had been fighting in the Cameroons. He was tried on 2 charges of cowardice, & one of quitting his post. (Putkowski,p.56)
The Freetown Memorial is located outside the Secretariat Building in the centre of Freetown.
Historical Information
The West Africans who died whilst serving with the Royal West African Frontier Force in West Africa, whose graves are not known, or are unmaintainable, are commemorated by name on memorials in the countries of their enlistment: men of Sierra Leone at Freetown, Nigerians at Lagos, men of Ghana at Accra, and of Gambia at Bathurst (now Banjul).
The Freetown Memorial commemorates 1,111 First World War casualties and 247 from the Second World War.
Total Commemorated: 1,358.
Commemorated World War One: United Kingdom 1,015, India 91, South Africa 5. Total 1,111.
Commemorated World War Two: United Kingdom 247. Total 247.
Shot at Dawn
2479 Private Fatoma, West African Regiment, executed for cowardice 19th July 1915. His battalion had been fighting in the Cameroons. He was tried on 2 charges of cowardice, & one of quitting his post. (Putkowski,p.56)
Picture used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
