Born: 1866, All Saint’s, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire.
Died: 6th January 1900; age 34; Died of Wounds at Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Residence: Fern Villa, Park Lane, Newmarket.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 2209.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force.
Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony.
CENSUS
1871 Park Lane, All Saint’s, Newmarket, Suffolk.
Thomas was 4 years old and living with his mother.
Catherine Arnull (nee Thompson), a Carpenter & Joiner’s wife, born St. Giles, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
1 general domestic servant.
In 1871, Thomas’s father, 35 year old, Thomas Arnull, a Carver & Gilder, was a visitor at Studley Castle, Studley, Worcestershire. 29 year old, Alfred Wood was the Butler and head of the 5 members of the Castle’s household staff.
1881 2, Fern Villa, 35, Park Lane, Newmarket, Suffolk.
Thomas was 14 years old he was living with his parents & sister.
Thomas, 47, a Cabinet Maker, born Newmarket, Cambridgeshire.
Catherine, 47.
Kate Elizabeth Arnull, 9, born All Saint’s, Newmarket.
1 general domestic servant.
One of the notable Battles with a large loss of Suffolk life was the “Battle of Suffolk hill” at Colesberg, Northern Cape 5th- 6th January 1900. The hill was originally called Red or Grassy Hill. The Suffolk regiment was ordered to make a night attack on a Boer position on the heights, four companies, 354 of all ranks, set out at midnight under the command of Col. Watson. The Suffolks were met by a storm of bullets. The Colonel was amongst the first to fall, and the party later retired with 11 officers and 150+ men killed, wounded or captured.
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