Born: 1872, Leiston, Suffolk. Died: 16th June 1901; age: 30; Died from an accident at Lichtenburg, North West Province, South Africa. Residence: Paradise Place, Leiston, Suffolk. Occupation: Labourer. Enlistment Date: 16th February 1891. Rank: Driver; Service Number: 83739. Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 37th Battery, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape […]
Category: BOER WAR
BOER WAR
WILLIAM SAUNDERS WOOLLARD
Born: 1865, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire. Baptised: 7th June 1865, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire. Died: 26th December 1900; age: 35; Died of Enteric Fever at Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. ENTERIC FEVER Enteric Fever (eneterica serotype bacteria) was a rampant bacterial infection during the South Africa Boer War – 1899 – 1902. This systemic disease, now known as Typhoid […]
ROBERT DANIEL WOOLLARD
Born: 1877, Needham Market, Suffolk. Died: 21st January 1900; age: 23; Died of Enteric Fever at Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ENTERIC FEVER Enteric Fever (eneterica serotype bacteria) was a rampant bacterial infection during the South Africa Boer War – 1899 – 1902. This systemic disease, now known as Typhoid Fever, from the bacterium […]
ARTHUR WOODGATE
Died: 24th March 1901; Died of Disease at Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Enlistment Date: 2nd March 1896. Occupation: Labourer. Rank: Private; Service Number: 4298. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange Free State & Transvaal + South Africa 1901. Soldiers’ Effects to William […]
CHARLES WOOD
Born: 1873, Theydon Garnon, Essex. Died: 8th February 1901; age: 27; Died of Disease at Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Residence: Blackacre Road, Theydon Bois, Essex. Occupation: Farm Labourer. Enlistment Date: 2nd October 1897. Rank: Private; Service Number: 4737. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, […]
FRANK WINDER
Born: 1876, Brandeston, Suffolk. Died: 27th February 1900; age: 25; KiA at Pieters Hill, Northern Natal, South Africa. Residence: 4, Alpe Street, Ipswich. Rank: Private; Service Number: 5852. Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Natal Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Tugela Heights & Relief of Ladysmith. CENSUS 1881 […]
HARRY HORACE SANDERSON WILSON
Born: 1877, Linton, Cambridgeshire. Died: 19th June 1901; age: 24; Died of Disease at Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Residence: 40, Ainsworth Street, St. Andrew Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Occupation: Labourer. Enlistment Date: 22nd February 1895. Rank: Private; Service Number: 1249. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange […]
CHARLES ERNEST WILSON
Born: 1879, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Died: 7th July 1900; age: 20; Died of Enteric Fever, at Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. ENTERIC FEVER Enteric Fever (eneterica serotype bacteria) was a rampant bacterial infection during the South Africa Boer War – 1899 – 1902. This systemic disease, now known as Typhoid Fever, from the […]
FRANCIS ALFRED PRESSLAND WILKINS
Image “The Graphic” 27 January 1900 Born: 7th April 1871, at South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 28; KiA at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Residence: 43, Earl’s Court Square, London. Francis passed out of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst with Honours, and entered the Suffolk Regiment 18th […]
ISAAC WILDEN
Born: 1874, Stowupland, Suffolk. Died: 31st January 1901; age: 26; Died of Disease at Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Residence: Ivy Cottage, Gipping Road, Stowupland, Suffolk. Occupation: Farm Labourer. Enlistment Date: 14th August 1890. Rank: Private; Service Number: 768. Regiment: The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own), South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: […]