Born: 17th August 1874, 10, Devonshire Place, Marylebone, London. Baptised: 17th September 1874, at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone Road, London. Parents: Robert Holmes White & Elizabeth Sarah White, of 10, Devonshire Place, Portland Street, Middlesex. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 25; KiA at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Residence: Boulge Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk, […]
Category: BOER WAR
BOER WAR
WALTER WEBBER
Born: 1873, Ipswich. Died: 29th April 1900; age 27; Died of Enteric Fever, at Modderspruit, 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 Salmonella […]
THOMAS WEBB
Photographs courtesy of Elaine. Born: 12th October 1869, West Dean, Gloucestershire. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 30; Died of Wounds at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Originally reported Missing in Action. One of the notable Battles with a large loss of Suffolk life was the “Battle of Suffolk hill” at Colesberg, Northern Cape […]
ARTHUR JOHN WATSON
Image by Elliot & Fry 1900. Born: 4th June 1853, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 46; KiA – leading a charge at dawn at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Residence: 17, Victoria Park, Dover, Essex. Service: Passed examinations 2nd June 1873. Lieutenant, entered the 12th Foot – 9th […]
ARTHUR DANIEL WATSON
Born: 1864, Boxford, Suffolk. Died: 14th November 1901; age: 37; Died of Disease at Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. Occupation: Labourer. Enlistment Date: 6th August 1883. Rank: Private; Service Number: 647. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange Free State & Transvaal + South Africa […]
WALTER WATLING
Born: 1871, Walsham le Willows, Suffolk. Died: 15th April 1900; age: 30; 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 Fever, from the bacterium Salmonella […]
HARRY LOFTUS WARWICK
Born: 1876, St. Peter’s, St. Alban’s, Hertfordshire. Baptised: 29th April 1877, at St. Alban’s, Hertfordshire. Parents: John & Emliy Warwick. Died: 12th December 1900; age: 24; Died of Disease at Braberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Residence: 6, Virginia Terrace, Freehold Road, Ipswich. Enlistment Date: 18th January 1897. Rank: Acting Bombardier; Service Number: 18191. […]
JOHN WARD
Born: 1870, 25, Gorefield Road, Leverington, Cambridgeshire. Died: 2nd November 1900; age: 30; Died of Enteric Fever, at Middelburg, Mpumalanga, 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 […]
HENRY WALLACE
Born: 1871, Horringer Heath, Suffolk. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 29; KiA at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Residence: 12, Horringer Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Rank: Private; Service Number: 2721. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. CENSUS 1881 13, Horringer Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. […]
JAMES BRAY WALDEN
Born: 1871, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Died: 26th December 1900; age: 29; Died of Enteric Fever after suffering 16 days, at No. 24 Stationary Hospital, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. ENTERIC FEVER Enteric Fever (eneterica serotype bacteria) was a rampant bacterial infection during the South Africa Boer War – 1899 – […]