The Paardeberg Memorial located inside the Vendusie Drift Cemetery honours the Canadian soldiers who died during the Battle of Paardeberg, the first significant victory for the Commonwealth forces during the South Arican War.
The plaque on the memorial is inscribed with this text:
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF IMPERIAL AND COLONIAL SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS BETWEEN 18 FEBRUARY AND 11 MARCH 1900 AND WHO NOW LIE BURIED HERE AT WOLWEKRAALIVENDUSIEDRIFT TOGETHER WITH THOSE WHO WERE ORIGINALLY BURIED AT CORNWALL, OSFONTEIN, PATRYSVLEI, POPLARGROVE, THORNBURY AND WILHELMINA.
