Memorial pump, dating from 1907. Constructed of limestone ashlar, and in the form of a square, low plinth with a smaller, higher square plinth on top, with a water spout on the south side. Above this is the main tall rectangular block, which carries the inscription. The pump was erected to the memory of Trooper Frederick Allen Freshney, who received serious wounds on the 15th December 1899 at the Battle of Colenso (South Africa), during the Boer War. Freshney never recovered from his wounds, and died in May 1906. The pump was paid for by friends of Trooper Freshney, and built by the Lincoln masons firm of Messrs A.J. Tuttell. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {1}{2}{3} Plans for the unveiling of the memorial were detailed in the 12th of October 1907 edition of the Sleaford Gazette and South Lincolnshire Advertiser. The memorial was to be unveiled on the following Thursday (17th October 1907), by Colonel J.S. Ruston, with representatives of all the major military branches present. The memorial carried the following inscription: 'In memory of Frederick Allen Freshney, Trooper, Imperial Light Horse, who was severely wounded at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa, December 15th, 1899, and in consequence thereof died at Saltfleet, May 20th, 1906, aged 32 years. Brave in action. Patient in suffering. Erected by his many friends.' {4}