One face of the plinth bears a bronze badge of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, a crowned Maltese cross, and the Latin motto of the corps: "Celer et Audax" ("Swift and Bold"). The three other faces each bear inscriptions – one giving his name and honours, "Redvers Buller / VC GCB GCMG / of Downes"; another listing his military services, "1859-1900 / India China / Canada Ashanti / Egypt / South Africa / He Saved Natal", with the last referring to his service in the Boer War and the relief of Ladysmith, notwithstanding reverses at the battles of Colenso and Spion Kop; and the last recording that the statue was "Erected / by his countrymen / at home and beyond the seas / 1905".