Memorial to 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Cormack Neave, 1st Battalion the (Princess of Wales's Own) Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr Francis Digby Spencer Neave and Eliza Marianne Neave (nee Cormack), Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Educated at Christ College, Christchurch, 1889-1896, then at Canterbury College (2 years). He entered one of the Imperial Competitive Commissions and sat the examination in 1898. He was made Lieutenant in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles in August 1897. Commissioned in September 1897. Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. Enlisted in 2nd Company, 1st Contingent NZ Mounted Rifles. He transferred once in South Africa to the 1st Battalion the (Princess of Wales's Own) Yorkshire Regiment. They deployed on the Doune Castle, sailing about 24 Nov 1899, and arrived at the Cape about 15 Dec 1899. They were initially deployed to the Colesberg district to help General French in his efforts to repel the Boer invasion of the colony. In early Feb 1900, along with the 1st Essex and 1st Welsh, was sent to the Modder River, joining the 18th Brigade under Brigadier General T Stephenson, for the advance to Bloemfontein and Pretoria. They fought at the battle of Paardeberg 18-27 Feb 1900 (41 killed and over 100 wounded). 2nd Lieutenant Neave was one of those killed on the first day of the battle aged 22 years. He was buried on the battlefield (gravestone in Gruisbank British Cemetery, Perdeberg, Xhariep District Municipality, Free State, South Africa (see Find a Grave Memorial ID 239505883). He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette: 10 Sep 1901, page: 5941. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions). He is also commemorated on the Yorkshire Regiment Boer War memorial on a roundabout in Tower Street, Adjacent to County Court, York, North Yorkshire, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/191775/); on the Christchurch South Africa War Memorial (Queen Victoria's Statue) in Victoria Square, Christchurch; on the Boer War memorial board in the Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand; on the Christ's College South African Memorial, Big School, Christ's College, Christchurch and on the South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand.2nd Lieutenant Arthur Cormack Neave, 1st Battalion the (Princess of Wales's Own) Yorkshire Regiment. He entered his regiment from the New Zealand Local Military Forces in Nov 1899.