Introduction
St John's Church is located in the centre of Buenos Aires, at 25 de Mayo 282. It is the oldest Anglican church in Argentina, and was founded in 1831. The first English chaplain arrived in 1825 to take up his duties. St John's is now the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Argentina.
There are 49 monuments located inside the building, taking various forms, principally 18 stained glass windows, 16 marble tablets and 7 wooden tablets. In the cases of four people, there are two memorials for each, a wall mounted memorial and a window. These are entered separately on the list below.

The cardinal points, North, East, South and West, which I have used to describe the location of the monuments in St John's, are relative to the ecclesiastical plan of the building. In other words, the altar and reredos are against the east wall, the entrance on to 25 de Mayo is in the west wall, and the north and south walls of the nave are relative to this orientation.

The 16 coloured glass windows of the nave are numbered from the east, those in the south wall SW01 to SW08, and those in the north wall similarly, NW01 to NW08, in the list of monuments.

There are two groups of monuments mounted on the west wall of St John's. These are on either side of the entrance doorway leading to the atrium and the street outside. It seems to me that these memorial tablets, almost all of which are marble, were once placed on the north and south walls of the nave, and that they were relocated in their present, rather obscure, site at the time of the panelling of the nave. In the list below of the memorials, these monuments are identified as follows:
west wall (S)—those mounted to the south of the entrance doorway;
west wall (N)—those mounted to the north of the entrance doorway.

The table below names the 74 men, women and children commemorated in the monuments of St John's. Some were well known, like Caesar Augustus Rodney, the first U. S. Minister Plenipotentiary to the nascent Argentine Republic, who died in 1824, and whose monument is located in the cathedral atrium. Others include the widow and one of the daughters of Admiral William Brown, the great national hero, who are commemorated in two stained glass windows.

I have aimed to record the text of the monumental inscriptions exactly as they appear. I have added in a separate column the dates of birth and death, some of which have been obtained from other sources. I have additional notes on some of the people in this list, and will be pleased to send them to anyone who wishes to make contact with me.

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (otherwise known as "the City Church" or "the Scots Church") is situated in central Buenos Aires, Avenida Belgrano 579.

The present church was built between 1894 and 1896. In 1950, as a consequence of the plan to widen Avenida Belgrano, the tower was taken down. Its plan consists of a substantial, single aisled nave and a short choir and chancel. A crossing is formed by its having two transepts. The orientation of the building is unconventional, being as much the result of its location in the neighhood.

As a result, the porch by which the congregation enter is located in the south wall, on Avenida Belgrano. Its corresponding, facing, wall, that behind the communion table, is the north wall. The transepts are known as the east and west transepts.

In the locations of the memorials listed below, this orientation is used, it being the format adopted by the authors of "A Hundred Years in Buenos Aires, 1829-1929: Being a brief account of St. Andrew's Scots Chuch and its work, during the first century of its existence", and the current leaflet "Bienvenidos a la Iglesia Presbiteriana San Andrés del Centro".

To the Glory of God and in memory of John Alston, Doctor of Medicine, 1839-1901,
also his beloved wife Carlota Luna, 1860-1890. Erected by their children.

Robert and Margaret Begg

In memory of George Bell, late of Liverpool and Buenos Aires, who died March 9, 1879.
This window is placed by his affectionate widow and children.

This tablet, with the pulpit canopy / is erected by
George, Charles, Frederick and Ernest Bell
in loving memory of their father / James Watson Bell
Born at Buenos Aires in the Year 1839
An affectionate Father, an upright Man, a respected Elder

In Loving Memory of her Parents James / And Elizabeth Black.
This Window is Erected / By Their Affectionate Daughter G.C. Black 1876

In memory of William Brown, D.D. / Professor of Divinity in the University
of St. Andrew´s Scotland / where he died on the 19th July 1868 / aged 68 years
He was the founder of the first / Presbyterian Church in South America
and was for 24 years the faithful / and devoted Pastor of this Congregation
He being dead yet speaketh

In Grateful and Loving Memory of the
Rev. Douglas Williams Bruce O.B.E., D.D.
Assistant Minister 1910–1912 and Minister of this / Church 1926–1953.
Born in Banff Scotland / 1st of June 1885 : Died in Buenos Aires 27th, May 1953
Have Finished the Work When / Thou Gavest me to do.

In Memory of
Maud Elizabeth Birrell
born 19 November 1874 : died 13 March 1876
daughter of
John and Mary Rosary Robson Campbell

In memory of Roderick Hugh Campbell who died 1 April 1904 aged 25 years
dearly loved younger son of John and Mary Rosary Robson Campbell.

Sacred to the / memory of / William Cook
born in / Buenos Aires, / April 5th, 1852
died January 4th, / 1908

Sacred to the / memory of / William Norman / Caldwell Cook
born in Buenos / Aires May 19th, 1881
died in London / Nov. 13th, 1918

To the Glory of God / In Grateful Memory of / George Corbett
An Elder of this Church who Died Nov. 8th, 1915 / In His 77th Year,
and of his Relict / Helen Margaret Macgregor / Who Died August 18th, 1944
In her 95th Year
This Tablet is Placed by Their Affectionate / Children and Grandchildren

In Memory of John Davidson of Quilmes, native of Scotland. Born 1809.
Died 1893, after 61 years residence in this country.

In affectionate memory of / Alfred Thomas Drysdale
born in Hamilton, Scotland, 1865 / died in Buenos Aires 1926
For thirty years an attached member / of this Church

In Memory of Jessie Elizabeth Drysdale
Born August 3rd, 1860 / Died April 27th, 1945

In loving memory of / Juan Drysdale
Born February 12, 1857 : died April 13th, 1901
these windows erected by his / wife and children

To the Glory of God and in the loving memory of John Drysdale
Born 2 July 1833–Died 22 March 1893

In Memory of / Ronald Carr Drysdale O.B.E.
An Elder of this Church
Born June 27th, 1884 : Died April 20th, 1958

In loving memory of / Thomas Drysdale
Born January 17, 1814 : died March 30, 1890
The upper windows erected by his / wife and children

In Memoriam of José Felices / A Loving Husband and Father
Born in Spain 5.6.1881
The Steps of a Good Man / Are Ordered by the Lord / Ps. 37. 23.

Erbie Ann Macdiarmid / Fleming / 1856–1929
for Fifty Years she Loved / and Worked for this Church

Hugh John Grant Fleming, 1882-1888.
Roy Stuart Fleming, 1891-1892

This tablet is placed by his grateful and affectionate people in honoured memory of
the Rev. James William Fleming, D.D., O.B.E., Minister of this Church 1879-1925.
Born Inveravon, Morayshire, 28 August 1855. Died Buenos Ayres, 14 June 1925.
The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

In memory of / the Rev. Francis Gebbie,
born in Ayshire in 1831, / died in Edinburgh in 1918
He was Minister of St. John´s Church, Quilmes, / from 1857 till 1883
This Tablet is erected as a token / Of esteem by his many friends

The above window was erected in / memory of Alexander Grant
for many years a faithful Elder of this Church / Born 1850–Died 1904

In affectionate Memory of John Grant
born 1832 : died 1901
His many friends dedicate this tablet / and the above window together / with a scholarship in St. Andrew´s Scotch School
in recognition of his high character / and Christian example
and his many services to the Community

To the Glory of God / and in memory of / Field Marshall Earl Haig, K.T.
Born 1861 : Died 1928
Commander in Chief of the British Armies in France 1915-1918
A gallant Soldier and Gentleman / And a loyal Scot
Placed by the St. Andrew´s Society of the River Plate / 1928
Fight the Good Fight of Faith

Francis Setts Hodge (1865-1931)

In Grateful and Loving Memory of the / Rev. John Kent M.A.
Assistant of Minister of this Church 1934–1935 and / Minister of this Church 1954–1961.
Born in / Glasgow 11th, August 1907 : Died in Buenos Aires / 16th, April 1961.
Be Thou Faithful Unto Death / and I will Give Thee a Crown of Life

[no inscription] [window originally erected in 1874 in the old Church
by Mr William Wilson in memory of his wife, Ann Margaret Maclean]

In Proud and Happy Memory of
Ian Wallace McCallum. Lieut. 27th., Lancer R.A.C.
Beloved Son of Sir William and Lady McCallum
Killed in Action While on a Special Service with P.P.A.
At Coccanile, Italy on the 23rd. April 1945. Aged 21 Years
"E´en as he Trod that Day to God
so Walked he from his Birth
in Simplesness and Gentleness
and Honour and Clean Mirth"

Thy Will be done.
In memory of William McClymont, died 20 April, 1883, Aged 48 years.

In memory of the Rev. Lachlan McNeill, born in Argyllshire in 1834, died in England in 1917
Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Uruguay and Entre Rios from 1866 till 1877.
Minister of St. John´s, Florencio Varela, from 1883 till 1910.
This tablet is erected as a token of esteem by his many friends

In loving Memory of David Methven, born in Dundee 13 February 1806.
Died in Buenos Aires 30 January 1887. God in Love

In memory of / Robert Reid, M.D.
Born at Abbotshall, Fifeshire, Scotland / 1 March 1836
died at Buenos Aires 2 April 1870 aged 34 years
By his untimely death the medical profession / lost one of its brightest ornaments,
and the poor and afflicted a kind and / never-failing friend

In loving memory of John and Ann Riddle
this window is presented by their affectionate children.

To the Glory of God / And in memory of / Robert Inglis Runciman
born in Glasgow 1848 / died in Buenos Aires 1911 / Elder and
Session Clerk of this Church for 28 years
this tablet / and the memorial windows above / have been erected by
the Congregation and his friends / to commemorate his many and
valued services to St. Andrew´s Church / and to the British Community
and in thankful recognition of / his steadfast Christian character and
of his zeal in all good works

To the Glory of God / these windows and this tablet
are dedicated to the Memory of / Robert Inglis Runciman
by his widow / Mary Spring Inglis Runciman / and his children
Blessed are the Peacemakers

In affectionate memory of / John Shaw and Mary MacLean his wife
both Natives of Glasgow, / died in Buenos Aires,
this tablet and window / are erected by their loving family

In Affectionate Memory / Of / Richard George Shearer
Born Brechin, Scotland 8th, June 1862 / Died Buenos Aires 14th, February 1945
His Loving Family

To the Glory of God / and in loving memory of / James Smith, D.D.
born 1817 : died 1906
and his wife Matilda / born 1823 : died 1868
This Window is Erected by their Daughters

Rev. T.E. Taylor, B.L. / Assistant Minister / in this Church 1894–1895
Died in India 25 December, 1906
This Window is erected by / his friends in affectionate / remembrance.

In revered and loving memory of
Henry Thompson and Margaret his wife.

In Memoriam. Arthur and Mary Towers.

In loving memory of Janet S. Ritchie de Wilson, born Riccarton, Scotland, 30th July 1841,
died Buenos Aires 1st October 1904.
In recognition of the efforts of their Mother on their behalf, her two sons erected this window

These laid the world away
Poured out the red sweet
1914–wine of youth–1919

The British Cemetery at Chacarita contains many thousands of graves and headstones. The following inscriptions are only a tiny proportion of all there is to be seen there. The 38 headstones, whose monumental inscriptions I noted on a visit in 2000, are all positioned inside the cemetery against the perimeter walls. I started the noting down at the entrance portico on Avenida El Cano, first working along the wall to the right, the north west wall, and then turning the corner and proceeding along the south west wall.

These stones were originally were in the Victoria Cemetery, the old British Cemetery. On its closure, they relocated here at Chacarita, but erected against the perimeter walls. Thee is an account of the transfer of a total of 457 such headstones from the old cemetery on another page. It includes an explanation of how they may be located.