Roll of Honour - Northamptonshire - Peterborough Cathedral

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PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL BOER WAR MEMORIAL

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

A B	C Boyce

3^rd Dragoon Guards

Trp.	E Moore
Trp.	J G Pearson

7^th Dragoon Guards

Capt.	Christopher Goddard Jackson	Killed in action when on patrol duty near Arundel, Cape Colony 16th December 1899. Born February 1872. Educated at Cheltenham. Entered 7th Dragoon Guards October 1892, promoted lieutenant April 1896, promoted Captain October 1899. He volunteered for active service and was sent to South Africa at the start of the war seving in the north of Cape Colony. His name is also inscribed on the Eleanor Cross War Memorial ad Cheltenham College.

9^th Lancers

Trp.	J Brown
Trp.	V B Ward

10^th Hussars

Sgt.	C Barron
Trp.	A Hammond

12^th Lancers

Lieut.	Godfrey Charles de Cardonnell Wright	Killed in action at Diamond Hill, near Pretoria 11th June 1900. Born December 1873. Educated at Eton (Mr. Leigh's). Eldest son of Charles Booth E Wright of Bolton \|Hall, Yorkshire, by his marriage with Edith de Cardonnel, second daughter of R W M Nesfield of Castle Hill, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Entered 12 Lancers March 1893, promoted lieutenant October 1895. Sent to South Africa with his regiment October 1899 serving in Cape Colony. Present at the battles of Paardeberg and Driefontien also taking part in the adavance on Bloemfontein and Pretoria.

13^th Hussars

Sqdn. Sgt. Major	J Lightfoot

14^th Hussars

Trp.	H C Jordan

16^th Lancers

Lieut. The Honourable	Cecil Montague Evans-Freke	Died of wounds 15th June 1900, wounds received 2nd June 1900 in action near Orange Grove. Youngest son of the 8th Lord Carbery and Victoria Lady Carbery, of Glaston House, Uppingham and was uncle of the then present peer. Born September 1876. Educated at Eton (Mr Vaughan's). Entered the 16th Lancers from Royal Military College April 1897. Promoted lieutenant October 1899. Sent to South Africa in February 1900. Present at the releif of Kimberley, the battle of Paadeberg and the advance on Bloemfontein. There is also a tablet erected by his brother officers at Glaston in his memory.
Lieut.	Lionel Howard Gilliat	Died of enteric at Barberton. 23rd September 1900. Aged 19. Born October 1880. Educated at Eton (Mr. Impey's). Entered the 16th Lancers from the 5th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps January 1900. Promoted lieutenant July 1900. Served in 5th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps from October 1897. There is also a tablet erected by his brother officers at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, in his memory.
Lce Cpls.	J Moore	Lance Corporal, 16th Lancers. Resident of Towcester. See also Towcester Boer War memorial
	S Prestridge
Trp.	H W Bounds

17^th Lancers

2^nd Lieut. The Honourable	Charles William Hugh Cavendish	Killed in action at Diamond Hill, near Pretoria. 11th June 1900. Aged 21. Son of Lord Chesham. Born September 1878. Only son of Lord Chesham, commanding the Imperial Yeomanry. Educated at Eton (Mr Ainger's). Entered 17th Lancer's from Royal Military College August 1898. Sent to South Africa February 1900. Served with is regiment in Orange River County and the Transvaal before being killed at Diamond Hill. 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........ 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, 2nd Lieut. The Hon. C.W.H. Cavendish ........"

19^th Hussars

Shoeing Smith	A G Warren
Trp.	J Rice

The Imperial Yeomanry

Capt.	Charles Louis Gaussen	91st Company, Imperial Yeomanry - Killed in action at Tafelkop. 20th December 1901. Aged 32. Eldest son of David Gaussen, of Duncote, Towcester, Northamptonshire. Born 26th September 1869. Educated at Charterhouse. Entered the 18th Hussars October 1889. Transferred to the Indian Staff Corps May 1892, promoted captain in the 3rd Bengal Cavalry October 1990, joined the Reserve of Officers December 1900. Sent to South Africa with 23rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry March 1901 and served with them until his death. Killed while commanding his company that was acting as escort to some guns and gallantly sacrificed themselves to a man. He was mentioned in despatches, Lndon Gazette 25th April 1902. Buried at Tafelkop. 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........ Imperial Yeomanry, Captain C.L. Gaussen ......." He is also commemorated on a Latten Brass in St Paul's Cathedral in memory of all ranks of the 18th, 21st and 23rd Battalions, Imperial Yeomanry, who fell in the wwar and also on a tablet in the War Memorial Cloister erected at Charterhouse.
Qt. Master Sgt.	H W Vergette
Sgt.	E M B Bennett
Cpl.	A E Jelley
Farrier	C F Bennett
Trps.	W Bellairs
	W Berry
	E Bolt
	W Goodliff
	P H Gunn
	F Hopkins
	H C Jackson
	R E Juggins
	F E H Lowless	Educated Stamford School.
	D S Mead
	A G Siddons
	C H Warren	Educated Stamford School.

Royal Artillery

Capt.	Thomas Sikes Hichens	Died of enteric fever 11th June 1900 at Bloemfontein. Born September 1869. Educated at Winchester. Entered the Royal Artillery February 1889. Promoted lieutenant February 1892 then captain March 1899. Mentioned in despatches, London Gazette 10th September 1901, for his services.
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
	T E Hasdell
	J H Strickson

Royal Engineers

Cpl.	F R Woolley
Pte.	J C Thompson

Grenadier Guards

2^nd Lieut.	Guy Thomas Lewes Tryon	2nd Battalion. Died of enteric at Harrismith. 24th August 1901. Aged 22. Born October 1878. Educated at Eton (Mr Leigh's). Only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tryon, of Bulwick. Entered the Grenadier Guards in November 1899 from 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Sent to South Africa with his battalion March 1900, serving there until his death. 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......... Grenadier Guards, 2nd Lieut. G.T.L. Tryon......"
Sgt.	H Daniels
Cpl.	H Honey
Ptes.	W Bailey
	A Cursley
	D J Hewitt
	Charles Holland	Private 5335, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Resident of Towcester. Died of disease at Pretoria 8th July 1900. See also Towcester Boer War memorial
	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	See also Lincoln Cathedral
	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 near Reitz, 6th June 1901. Aged 25. He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. Strong, Chairman of Peterborough Quarter Sessions. Born 9th January 1875. Educated at Harrow. He entered the Bedfordshire Regiment from the Royal Military Collgeg in March, 1895, and was promoted Lieutenant in July 1897. He was gazetted to the Bedfordshire Regiment on 6th March, 1895, and became lieutenant 10th July 1897. He was mentioned in despatches, London Gazette, September 1901, also in the despatch of General Lord Kitchener of 28th July 1901, for having "when in command of a rear guard by his determined resistance to a superior force, enabled the baggage to get across a bad drift without a shot being fired at it," and for having "done consistent good work on many oiccasions." 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 disease, 13-5-1900, Bloemfontein. [Also on Isle of Ely Memorial]
	J T Trowell

The Leicestershire Reg.

Ptes.	H Booth
	R Woolmer
	R Glover
	G Kendall
	J W Wesley
	J T Wilford
	R J Dix

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

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	[List as A TARRY in The Boer War Casualty Roll 1899-1902 in Peterborough Cathedral but as F on Towcester memorial - probably Alfred and Fred] Private 4726, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Resident of Towcester. Died of disease at Coal Mine Drift 1st February 1901. See also Towcester Boer War memorial
	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.	H C Smith

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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