Joseph Mairs Obelisk In Ladysmith Cemetery

The words on the granite obelisk read as follows:

Joseph Mairs

Feb 4^th 1882.

Jan 20^th, 1914.

Native of Airdrie, Scotland.

Remember me as you pass by,

As you are now, so once was I,

As I am now soon you will be

Prepare for death to follow me.

A martyr to a noble cause – the emancipation of his fellow men

Erected by his brothers of District 28, U M W of A.