What words are inscribed on the memorial?
BE THOU STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROBERT ERNEST READE, D.S.O., LIEUTENANT 1ST BATTALION KING'S ROYAL RIFLES, THE WINDOW ABOVE IS DEDICATED. HE SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF TALANAHILL, THE RETREAT FROM, AND THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH, AND RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AT THE BATTLE OF WAGON HILL. A YEAR AFTER THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, WHEN IN THE NORTH-EAST TRANSVAAL UNDER COLONEL CAMPBELL,A.D.C., COMMANDING 1ST BATTALION KING'S ROYAL RIFLES, HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE BOERS AND DIED A FEW DAYS AFTER. A MONUMENT MARKS THE SPOT NEAR BOSHMAN'S PAN. ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE OF MIDDELBURG, WHERE HE WAS LAID BY HIS COMRADES. BORN 18TH APRIL 1879, DIED 4TH FEBRUARY 1901.