Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget
British Legion
The Royal British Legion


CREWE, BOER WAR MEMORIAL

Compiled and copyright © Amy Kitcher 2004

The memorial stands in the centre of Queen's Park, Victoria Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire being erected in 1903. The memorial takes the form of a tall stone column supporting the statue of a soldier, and guarded by stone lions. There are metal plaques on the base that list those from the local area who served in the Boer War, 1899 - 1902. Those who died are at the bottom of the list. These names, when first transcribed, were in order of regiment followed by the men who died. For ease of reference the names from the memorial have been sorted into alphabetical order, the first section is those who served, the second those who died, each in its own alphabetical sequence. For the true list there is another web site Carl's Cam which has the memorial listed in it's true order. There is also a Short History of the Railway Volunteers available by Noel K Hannan.

 

LIST OF OFFICERS
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE CORPS WHO SERVED
WITH THE REGULAR FORCES
DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

1899 - 1902

ADAMS

W M

Private, North Staffordshire Regiment

ALCOCK

J

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

ALCROFT

G H

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

ALLEN

H W

1st Grade Orderly, St John Ambulance Brigade

ALLEN

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ALLMAN

C E

Sergeant, Shropshire Light Infantry

ALLMAN

J

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

ANKERS

A E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ARROWSMITH

H

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

ASH

P H O

Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry

ASTLES

J

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

ASTLEY

A T

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

ATHERTON

E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ATIONSON

A W

Trooper, South African Constabulary

ATKINSON

J R

Surgeon Captain, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ATTWOOD

I

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BADROCK

J T

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

BAILEY

Ernest C

Surgeon Captain, Surgeons Rhodesian Field Force

BAILEY

S J

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

BAILEY

Thomas H

Civil Surgeon, Surgeons Rhodesian Field Force

BANKS

S

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

BARKER

E M

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BARKER

H

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

BARLOW

H

Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BARNES

J T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BARNES

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BATEMAN

J

Private, Lancashire Fusiliers

BATT

F G

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BATTISON

W H

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

BEAMES

H B F

Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry

BEBBINGTON

E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BEBBINGTON

J

Private, Grenadier Guards

BEBBINGTON

K

Corporal, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

BECKETT

G

Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BECKETT

H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BEESTON

F W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BENNETT

C H

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

BENTLEY

G W

Private, North Staffordshire Regiment

BERRY

E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BEVAN

A

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

BICKERTON

W

2nd Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BIGGS

W C

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BILLINGTON

G W

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

BIMSON

J J

Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BIRD

G

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BLAKEMORE

A

Private, North Staffordshire Regiment

BLAZE

J

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

BODEN

H

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

BOOTE

G

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BOUGHEY

A J N

Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BOULTON

J H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BRAYFORD

G W

Private, Grenadier Guards

BRAYSTONE

T

Lance Corporal, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

BRERETON

W S

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BRETT

E J

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

BRETT

T W

Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BRIERLEY

N H

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BROACH

E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BROADY

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BROCKLEHURST

C H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BROOKES

J

Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BROOKSHAW

J

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

BROSTER

W

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

BROWN

F G

Trooper, Grenadier Guards

BROWN

J R

Gunner, Royal Field Artillery

BUCKLEY

A E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BUCKLEY

S

Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry

BURGESS

J

Private, Royal Army Medical Corps

BURGOYNE

E

Private, Lancashire Fusiliers

BUTT

A W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BUTT

H W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

BUTTERWORTH

J H

Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CADE

W

Private, Northumberland Fusiliers

CALDERBANK

R P

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CAPPER

G

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CAPPER

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CARRON

W A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CASTREE

J W

Private, Gordon Highlanders

CEATS

T

Corporal, Imperial Yeomanry

CHAMPION

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CHAMPION

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CHARLTON

G

Private, 9th Lancers

CHESTERS

R

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

CLIFFE

F G

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CLOUGH

W

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

COLEMAN

A J

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COLLEY

T

Private, Shropshire Mounted Infantry

COLLIER

E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COLLINS

F R

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COMPTON

J F

Lance Corporal, Manchester Regiment

CONQUEST

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COOKE

E J

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

COOKE

W

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

COOKSON

A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COOPE

M

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COOPER

E

Corporal Trumpeter, Imperial Yeomanry

COOPER

J

Private, Shropshire Mounted Infantry

COOPER

R M

Private, Army Post Office Corps

CORNES

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COX

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

COXSEY

F

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CRANK

E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CRAWLEY

A

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

CRAWLEY

G H

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

CRIMES

T

Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CROSS

A E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CUNNINGHAM

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

CURBISHLEY

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DALE

A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DALTON

J

Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery

DANIELS

A

Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

DAVENPORT

E

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DAVIES

C

Private, South Wales Borderers

DAVIES

E J

Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DAVIES

S

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

DAVIES

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DAWSON

J

Private, West Yorkshire Regiment

DAY

C T

Sergeant, Imperial Yeomanry

DAY

J F

Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry

DAY

W A J

Sergeant, Imperial Yeomanry

DEAN

R

Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DICKENSON

E

Private, Army Service Corps

DICKSON

I

1st Grade Orderly, St John Ambulance Brigade

DIXON

R

2nd Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DODD

A M

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

DODD

J H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DODD

J W

Corporal, Durham Light Infantry

DOUGHTY

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DUDLEY

J

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

DUNN

J

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

DUNN

J H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DUNN

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

DUNN

W

Corporal, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

DUNNING

J W

Trooper, Cape Mounted Police

DYER

A F

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

EAKINS

W H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EDGE

W P

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

EDGINGTON

W

Private, Leicester Regiment

EDWARDS

G

Private, East Lancashire Regiment

EDWARDS

G H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EDWARDS

J

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EGERTON

A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ELLIS

A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ELLIS

F

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ELSON

C

Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ELSON

P

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EMERY

J

Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

ETHERIDGE

W H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EVANS

H

Private, South Wales Borderers

EVANS

J L

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EVANS

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EVANS

W H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EVANSON

J T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

EYERS

C

Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

FAIRBROTHER

R

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

FARRELL

W

Private, East Lancashire Regiment

FAULKNER

G

Private, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

FELTON

S

Private, North Staffordshire Regiment

FELTON

Walter B

Civil Surgeon, Surgeons Rhodesian Field Force

FERRINGTON

H J

Private, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

FINCKEN

F C

Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry

FITZGERALD

J A

Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery

FOLLOWS

W

Private, North Staffordshire Regiment

FORD

H

Private, Royal Army Medical Corps

FORREST

A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

FOULKES

T G

Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

FOX

A

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

FOX

C

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

FOX

E B

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

FRANCIS

F

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

FRIEND

R

Sapper, Volunteer Service Sections

FROOME

W D J

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

FURPHY

G F

Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GALLIARD

R H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GANNER

S

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GARBETT

J H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GIBBON

A W

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

GIBBONS

F M

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GIBSON

T

Private, Royal Army Medical Corps

GILES

E

Corporal, Shropshire Mounted Infantry

GILMORE

G

Private, King's Liverpool Regiment

GODKIN

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GOODE

W

Lance Corporal, Middlesex Regiment

GOODWIN

H

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

GOODWIN

W

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GREEN

B

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GREENHALGH

J H

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GREENWOOD

T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GRIME

C

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GRIME

J T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GRIMES

G

Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GRINDLEY

H

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

GROCOTT

G H

Private, 22nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

GROOM

A

Sadler, Shropshire Mounted Infantry

GROOM

J

2nd Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GUEST

G E

Lance Corporal, Lancashire Fusiliers

GUEST

J T

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

GUNNING

W

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

HALL

G

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

HALLOWS

E

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

HAMMOND

S

Private, South Staffordshire Regiment

HAMPTON

G

Private, Durham Light Infantry

HAMPTON

S

Private, Durham Light Infantry

HAMPTON

W

Private, Worcestershire Regiment

HANKEY

W

Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery

HANMER

J

Private, Shropshire Light Infantry

HARRIS

G

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

HARRISON

A A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

HART

F W

Lance Corporal, Volunteer Service Sections

HARVEY

G A

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

HARVEY

S

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

HASSALL

C

Sapper, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway Volunteers)

HAUGHTON

W J

Sergeant, Volunteer Service Sections

HEALEY

C