Roll of Honour - Peterborough - Cathedral

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Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL - BOER WAR - Roll of Honour

To the Glory of God and in memory of brave men inhabitants of this County and of the neighbourhood of Peterborough who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country during the War in South Africa 1899 to 1902, the western window of this Cathedral was filled with stained glass AD 1903. Their names are recorded on these tablets.

HMS Powerful

AB	C Boyce	151746, died in Ladysmith, date and grave unknown

3^rd Dragoon Guards

Trp.	E Moore
Trp.	J G Pearson

7^th Dragoon Guards

Capt.	C Goddard Jackson

9^th Lancers

Trp.	J Brown
Trp.	V B Ward

10^th Hussars

Sgt.	C Barron
Trp.	A Hammond

12^th Lancers

Lieut.	G C Dec Wright

13^th Hussars

Sqdn. Sgt. Major	J Lightfoot

14^th Hussars

Trp.	H C Jordan	44, Died 7th May 1900 of disease in Ladysmith, buried in town cemetery

16^th Lancers

Lieut. The Honourable	C M Evans-Freke
Lieut.	L H Gilliat
Lce Cpls.	J Moore
	S Prestridge
Trp.	H W Bounds

17^th Lancers

2^nd Lieut. The Honourable	C W H Cavendish

19^th Hussars

Staff Sergeant	A G Warren	Died 16th March 1900 in Ladysmith of diarrhoea and is buried at Intombi Camp
Trp.	J Rice	Appears on the monument in the All Saints Church in Ladysmith, date & place of death unknown.

The Imperial Yeomanry

Capt.	C L Gaussen
Qt. Master Sgt.	H W Vergette
Sgt.	E M B Bennett
Cpl.	A E Jelley
Farrier	C F Bennett
Trps.	W Bellairs
	W Berry	2216 Killed in action 29th May 1900 at Biddulphsberg and buried at Senekal
	E Bolt
	W Goodliff
	P H Gunn
	F Hopkins
	H C Jackson
	R E Juggins
	F E H Lowless
	D S Mead
	A G Siddons
	C H Warren

Royal Artillery

Capt.	T S Hichens
Sgts.	H Andrew
	W Green
Gnrs.	E Andrew
	F Bowman
	A Clayton
	A Haggar
	A J T Hawes
	W Martin
	T C Tee
	W H Robinson
Drivers	H C Mills
	A W Quest	12002 Driver, died of disease 26th January 1900 at Pietermaritzburg where he is buried
	T E Hasdell
	J H Strickson

Royal Engineers

Cpl.	F R Woolley	23rd Coy. 19408 died of Enteric fever at Ladysmith 29th January 1899 and is buried at Intombi camp
Pte.	J C Thompson

Grenadier Guards

2^nd Lieut.	G T L Tryon
Sgt.	H Daniels
Cpl.	H Honey
Ptes.	W Bailey
	A Cursley
	D J Hewitt
	C Holland
	T Sheffield
	J Stevenson
	E Wood

Coldstream Guards

Pte.	A Kendall

The Royal Scots (Lothian Reg. )

Pte.	T Battisson

The Northumberland Fusiliers

Pte.	A Brown

The Royal Warwickshire Reg.

Pte.	W Willis

The Lincolnshire Reg.

Ptes.	J G Edge
	C E Stanger

The Devonshire Reg.

Ptes.	J Goddard
	H Street

The Suffolk Reg.

Lce. Cpl.	Herbert Howlett Higgs Nixon	5230, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Corporal on memorial. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill. Born circa 1879 Coates, son of James Howlett and Ann Elizabeth NIXON. Father was a Policeman, family living in Thorney in 1881. [Also on Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely memorials]
Ptes.	A F Barker	possibly Albert Barker, 814, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 38-6-1900, Bloemfontein. [Also on the Cambridgeshire Boer War Memorial]
	A Davis

The East Yorkshire Reg.

Pte.	G J Sanders

The Bedfordshire Reg.

Lieut.	Charles Powlett Strong	2^nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Graspan. 6th June 1901. Aged 25. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. Strong, of Peterborough. Born 9th January 1875. he was gazetted to the Bedfordshire Regiment on 6th mArch, 1895, and became Lieutenant 10th July 1897. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) [London Gazette 27th September 1901]. Memorial in Northampton Cathedral - "To the Glory of God and in memory of Brave Men, inhabitants of this County and neighbourhood, who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country during the War in South Africa 1899-1902, the Western Window of this Cathedral was filled with stained glass, AD 1903........ The Bedfordshire Regiment, Lieut. C.P. Strong, DSO.....". He was killed before his decoration was gazetted, and the insignia, etc., were sent to his father. [See also Bedfordshire Boer War Memorial]
Cpl.	W Barringham
Ptes.	A Dunkley
	W Savage	6506, 2nd Bedfordshire Rgt, died of enteric fever, 13th May 1900, Bloemfontein. [Also on Isle of Ely Memorial]
	J T Trowell

The Leicestershire Reg.

Ptes.	Herbert Booth	3799, Killed in action Lombards Kop 30th October 1899 and is buried in town cemetery Ladysmith
	Ralph Woolmer	5185, died of Enteric fever in Ladysmith 5th March 1900 and is buried in Intombi cemetery
	Robert Glover	848, died of Enteric fever on 25/9/1900 in Johannesburg
	George Kendall	4288, died of disease in Pretoria 15th February 1900
	J Walter Wesley	6025, died of disease 12th September 1901 burial place unknown
	J Thomas Wilford	3709, died of wounds 23rd August 1900 somewhere in Natal
	Robert J Dix	3702, died of wounds in Ladysmith 21st February 1900 and is buried in the town cemetery

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte.	E L Morris

The South Wales Borderers

Ptes.	G H Collins
	J Patenall

The King’s Own Scottish Borderers

Lce. Cpl.	J H Riddle

The East Surrey Reg.

Lce. Cpl.	W A Downing	4806, Killed in action on 23rd February 1900 at Wynne Hill where he is buried

The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Ptes.	H Boar
	J Thorneycroft

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Capt.	C Eykyn

The Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Pte.	W C Ward

The Essex Reg.

Pte.	P C Gould

The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Reg. )

Pte.	J Day

The Northamptonshire Reg.

Lce. Cpls.	F C Holt
	J Reynolds
	A T Wright
Ptes.	E G Allen
	J Andrews
	A Bentley
	F Blunsom
	O Booth
	E H Britten
	J Bromwich
	J R Brown
	S Brown
	J Bull
	H Clayson
	W Coleman
	W Crane
	W Fitzhugh
	E Green
	A Harris
	T Hill
	W Lane
	G Mabbutt
	R Newcomen
	F Palmer
	W Penn
	C Perkins
	J Robinson
	D W Rogers
	A Roughton
	W Shortland
	G Smith
	J Smith
	T Stockford
	F Sturgess
	J W Tabor
	A Tarry
	F Tatam
	H Taylor
	W Thurland
	A Timpson
	W C Tompkins
	A Turnell
	G Upex
	G Ward
	J W Ward
	F Wells
	J W Wills
	W Yandell

The Northamptonshire Reg. Volunteer Company

Cpl.	J Dove
Ptes.	J B Cooper
	L Joyce
	G F Percival
	E A Smith

The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

Colour Sgt.	H Lawton
Lce. Cpl.	W H Rowe
Pte.	HC Smith

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Lieut. Col.	R H Gunning	Grave of R H Gunning	Memorial to R H Gunning
		Killed in action, 20th October 1899, Second Boer War. Grave and Regimental Memorial, Talana, Dundee, kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Photographs Copyright © Keynsham Light Horse 1998
Cpl.	H Rowles	1st Battalion, 9965 Cpl. H Rowles died of wounds at Farquhars farm, no date or grave
Ptes.	J H Burton
	G F H Clarke
	W T Fisher
	Edward Lack	3rd Battalion, 6551, died 18th May 1900 of Meningitis in Ladysmith and buried in town cemetery
	J Reeves	3rd Battalion 6552, died 19th February 1900 of dysentery at Pietermaritzburg where he is buried
	A Smith
	W Spicer	3rd Battalion, 625, killed in action 22nd February 1900 at Harts Hill and buried at Onderbroek Spruit
	M Warwick

The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Reg. )

Pte.	C J H Walsh

The Manchester Reg.

Capt.	G F W Brindley

The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Reg. )

Pte.	H J Sanders

The Gordon Highlanders

Cpl.	E L Simmonds

The Royal Irish Rifles

Pte.	H J Bull

The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)

Capt.	E G Campbell	Almost certainly died of wounds at Bergendal on 27th August 1900
Lce. Cpl.	C Markie	2nd Battalion, 4146, died 22th December 1899 of Enteric fever at Ladysmith and is buried at Intombi camp
Ptes.	F Abel	1st Battalion,5266, killed in action 27th February 1900 at Harts Hill where he is buried
	G Keech	2nd Battalion, 5386, died 14th November 1899 of gunshot wounds in Ladysmith where he is buried
	H Mainwood	2nd Battalion, 5441, died 3/7/1900 of Enteric fever in Pietermaritzburg where he is buried
	J Ray Pieters	1st Battalion, 184, killed in action on 28/2/1900 and buried at Harts Hill.

The Army Service Corps

Major	Arthur Edmun Longden	Born 27th March 1864. He was gazetted to the Linconshire Regiemnt 7th February 1855 as Lieutenant; transferred to the North Staffordshire Regiment on 23rd March 1887; took part in operations in Zululand in 1888; was transferred to the Army Service Corps 15th September 1890. he became Captain 3rd April 1892, and subsequently Major. he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for services in South Africa [London Gazette 19th April 1901] Died 20 April 1901.

Royal Army Medical Corps

Lce. Cpl.	H Felce
Ptes.	E Marshall
	A Monk

The City of London Imperial Volunteers

Lce. Cpl.	J R Blott

Bethune’s Mounted Infantry

Trp.	C B Hammond	788, Killed in action, Scheepers Nek 20th MAy 1900 buried at Scheepers Nek

Brabant’s Horse

Trp.	S Gishford

Loch’s Horse

Trp.	S Perkins

New South Wales Bushmen

Trp.	W B Scott

Peninsular Horse

Trp.	G J Perkins

Protectorate Reg.

Trp.	F W Nichols

Rhodesian Reg.

Trp.	W F Norman

South African Constabulary

Trp.	A J Williams

South African Light Horse

Trp.	W J Corr	998, died 11th April 1900 in Ladysmith where he is buried in the town cemetery

St. John Ambulance Brigade

Sgt.	C Giddens
Ptes.	CR Bettles
	A Ellis
	A Farrow
	JW Sawford
	A Woodhams

17 January 2004

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