Boer War Ceylon Contingent Memorial

A trooper of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry, signalling "enemy in sight," stands on a tall pedestal in the grounds of the army barracks on Brownrigg Street, Kandy. It was unveiled on 18 March 1907 by Field-Marshal HRH Prince Albert, Duke of Connaught, and sculpted by Geraldine Thomas, whose brother-in-law, Lieutenant Arthur H. Thomas, is one of the eight men named on it. The others are W. Max Kelly, C. Campion, Q.M. Sergeant Cheyne, A.S. Hopper, K. Hamilton, Claude Bell, and N.W. Smellie, all connected with the Ceylon contingents sent to the South African War of 1899–1902. Two bronze tablets recording the contingent's service were added in February 1910, three years after the unveiling.

The memorial originally stood near the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. It was moved during the twentieth century, apparently in stages, and now stands within the Brownrigg Street barracks, visible chiefly from the street behind the perimeter wall. It does not feature in official war-remembrance ceremonies.