Born: 7th July 1874, St. John’s, Ipswich. Died: 19th March 1900; age: 25; of Dysentery at Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Enlistment date: 21st August 1895; age: 21 years & 1 month; Occupation: a Solicitor’s Clerk in his father’s office – 12 months; Religion: CofE. Height: 5ft & 7ins; fresh complexion, grey eyes & light brown […]
Category: BOER WAR
BOER WAR
JOHN VAUGHAN
Died: 1st April 1900, at Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Missing in action and taken prisoner – 6th January 1900, at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape. Residence: Ely, Cambridgeshire. John saw service in India 1888 – 1890 with the Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion. Rank: Private; Service Number: 623. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, […]
ARTHUR UTTERIDGE
Born: 12th January 1866, Kirton, Suffolk. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 33; KiA at Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Residence: The Street, Falkenham, Suffolk. Rank: Private; Service Number: 2230. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony. CENSUS 1871 The Street, Falkenham, Suffolk. […]
JAMES ROBERT NEWMAN URCH
Born: 1866, St. Helen’s, Ipswich. Died: 8th May 1901; age: 34 years & 3 months; of Enteric Fever, at Kroonstad, South Africa. Served 15 years & 30 days. ENTERIC FEVER Enteric Fever (eneterica serotype bacteria) was a rampant bacterial infection during the South Africa Boer War – 1899 – 1902. This systemic disease, now […]
ROBERT HENRY TYRRELL
Born: 1876, Colchester, Essex. Died: 10th March 1902; age: 26; Died at Boaz Island, Bermuda. Residence: 44, East Street, Southwold, Suffolk. Enlistment Date: 16th November 1891. Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 87445. Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 66 Company. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange Free State & Transvaal. The burial service was officiated by […]
THOMAS TUFFS
Born: 1876, Eye, Suffolk. Died: 8th June 1900; age: 24; Died of Enteric Fever, at No. 3. General Hospital, Kroonstad, Free State, 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 CHARLES TRENTER
Born: 1882, Ipswich. Died: 22nd May 1900; age: 18; died of Enteric Fever at Bloemfontein, Free State, 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 […]
ROBERT JAMES TOOKE
Born: 1879, Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk. Died: 9th March 1901; age: 21; Died of Enteric Fever at Elandsfontein, 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 […]
EDWIN ISAAC THORNHILL
Born: 31st July 1881, St. Luke’s, London. Baptised: 3rd September 1882, at St. Clement Church, City Road, Islington. Parents: Mary Ann & Edwin William Thornhill, a Carman, of Radcliffe Gardens, London. Edwin’s brother, Richard William Thornhill, born 16th August 1882, was baptised during the same ceremony. Died: 22nd May 1901; age 19; died […]
WILLIAM GORDON THOMSON
Born: 10th October 1865, Calcutta, Bengal, East Indies. Baptised: 5th December 1865, at Jubbulpore, Bengal. Parents: George Cadogan Thomson & Harriet Anne Thomson. Died: 9th June 1900; age: 34; Committed Suicide – temporarily insane, at Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. William was taken PoW on the 6th January 1900, at Colesberg. Residence: Fair View, […]