FREDDIE Born: 1869, Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire. Died: 6th January 1900; KiA at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Residence: 14, Cottage, Shingay, Cambridgeshire. Rank: Private; Service Number: 2102. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasp Awarded: Cape Colony. CENSUS 1871 Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire. Freddie was […]
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BOER WAR
WILLIAM PHILLIPS TAYLOR
Born: 1879, 3, Paradise Street, Rotherhithe, Surrey. Baptised: 1st June 1879, at Christ Church, Bermondsey, Southwark. Parents: Jane & George James Taylor, a Corn Porter. William’s twin brother, George Palmer Taylor was also baptised. Family home: 3, Paradise Street, Rotherhithe, Surrey. Died: 2nd June 1900; age: 21; Died of Enteric Fever, at Naauwpoort, Ditsobotla, North […]
ROBERT TAYLOR
Born: 1877, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk. Died: 10th November 1901; age: 24; Killed by lightening, at Holfontein, Free State, South Africa. Residence: Main Street, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk. Occupation: Agricultural Labourer. Enlistment Date: 19th November 1898. Rank: Private; Service Number: 5244. Regiment: 15th Mounted Infantry, Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion. Clasps Awarded: […]
WILLIAM ERNEST TABOR
Born: 1878, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Died: 8th December 1901; 23; Died of Disease at Krugersdrop, Gauteng, South Africa. Residence: 10, Derby Street, Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. Enlistment Date: 9th March 1895. Rank: Private/Bandsman; Service Number: 4190. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange Free State & Transvaal. […]
EDWARD CHARLES STUTLEY
Born: 1868, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Died: 16th June 1900; age: 32; died of Pneumonia, at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Residence: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Edward saw service in India. Rank: Private; Service Number: 1295. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony & […]
GEORGE STURGEON
Born: Christmas Day, 1867, Barningham Suffolk. Died: 30th April 1902; age: 34; Died of Abscess of the Liver at Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Residence: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 2602. Regiment: 15th Mounted Infantry, Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange Free State […]
WILLIAM HENRY STOLLERY
Born: 15th October 1869, Queen’s Road, Brentwood, Essex. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 30; KiA at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Rank: Private; Service Number: 3573. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasp Awarded: Cape Colony. CENSUS 1871 Bishop Hill, St. Clement’s, Ipswich. […]
WILLIAM JAMES STOCK
Photograph courtesy of Roll of Honour – Cambridge www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/WilliamJamesStock.html Born: 7th October 1879, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Died: 6th January 1900; age: 20; at Suffolk Hill, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Residence: 36, Adam & Eve Street, St. Andrew the Lees, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Occupation: for several years in the Buttery at Jesus College. Service: In […]
HERMAN CHARLES STEGGLES
Born: 1875, Rattlesden, Suffolk. Died: 20th November 1900; age: 25; Died of Wounds at Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Residence: Stow Road, Rattlesden, Suffolk. Occupation: Agricultural Labourer. Enlistment Date: 22nd December 1894. Rank: Private; Service Number: 4123. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force. Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange Free […]
JESSE STAMMERS
Born: 1877, Sibton, Suffolk. Died: 5th July 1900; age: 23; 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 typhi, is […]