
OAKHAM
BOER WAR MEMORIAL
Boer War - Roll of Honour
with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2005 Martin Edwards
The
Rutland Memorial Tablet, unveiled in Oakham All Saints Church by Gen.
Sir Bruce Hamilton, K.C.B., on 31st May 1902; the designer was G Phillips
and the builders were Messrs. Nichols. This memorial was in rank order
but has been sorted into alphabetical order for ease of reading. It
takes the form of a wall tablet with base and pediment flanked by two
pilaters; there is a shield above the inscription containing the county
arms.
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From
an old postcard |
THIS
TABLET was erected by public subscription in the County of Rutland to
the GLORY of GOD and in memory of the following Rutland Men who fell in
the
South African War 1899-1902.
BLAND |
J
H |
Private
5946, 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment, of Empingham. Died of
disease at Beaufort West 25th April 1902. |
BROWN |
E
F |
Private
5308, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, of Edith Weston. Severely
wounded at Lyndenburg 8th September 1900, most probably died of
wounds. |
EVANS-FREKE |
Cecil
Montague |
Lieutenant,
The Honourable, 16th Lancers, of Claston.Wounded Orange Grove, 2nd
June 1900, died Orange Grove 15th June 1900. Aged 23. Born September
1876. Youngest son of the eighth Lord Carbery and Victoria Lady
Carbery, of Glaston House, Uppingham. Educated at Eton (Mr. Vaughan's).
Extract
from The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa
1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner, published by Naval and Military
Press
Evans-Freke. - Lieut. the Hon. Cecil Montague EvansFreke, 16th Lancers,
died June 15th, 1900, of wounds received on the 2nd idem in action
near Orange Grove, South Africa. He was the youngest son of the
eighth Lord Carbery and Victoria Lady Carbery, of Glaston House,
Uppingham, and was an uncle of the present peer. Lieut. Evans-Freke
was born in Sept., 1876, and educated at Eton (Mr. Vaughan's). He
entered the 16th Lancers from the Royal Military College, April,
1897, being promoted lieut. Oct., 1899. Lieut. Evans-Freke proceeded
to South Africa in Feb., 1900, and was present at the relief of
Kimberley, the battle of Paardeberg, and the advance on Bloemfontein.
A tablet has been erected at Glaston in his memory by his brother
officers.
Also
commemorated on Peterborough
Cathedral and Glaston memorials. |
GARRATT |
J
H |
[Listed
a J GARRETT in 'The Boer War Casualty Roll 1899-1902'] Private 4934,
2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, of Uppingham. killed in action
at Senekal 29th May 1900. |
KINNISON |
Kenneth
M |
Trooper
2183, 7th Company, 4th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry,
of Oakham. |
MANN |
W
E |
[Trooper
on memorial] Private 65, 14th Hussars, of Langham. Dangerously wounded
at Derdepoort 11th July 1900, died 15th July 1900. |
NEALE |
C
|
Private,
1st Battalion, Royal Scots, of Oakham. Died of disease 17 January
1901 at Middelburg. Also listed on St
Giles, Edinburgh, Royal Scots memorial |
PANTER |
A
|
Colour
Sergeant 7424, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, of Stretton. Died
of disease at Pretoria 15th July 1900. |
PEASGOOD |
A
E |
Bugler/Private
6741, Volunteer Company, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment,
of Oakham. Died of disease at Modder Spruit 26th May 1900. Aged
25. Also on Leicester
Memorial |
SIMPSON |
S
B |
Driver
90415, 42nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, of North Luffenham.
Died of dysentry at Ladysmith 16th January 1900. |
TAYLOR |
Thomas
G |
[Listed
as Sergeant on memorial] Corporal 2243, 7th Company (Leicestershire).
4th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. Died of pleurisy at sea on 6 May
1900. Aged 52. Of Oakham. Also on Leicester
Memorial |
THOMPSON |
W
|
Sergeant
1572, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, of Morcott. Died of disease
at Elandsfontein 1st April 1902. |
WRIGHT |
F
L |
Trooper
1311, South African Constabulary, of Lyndon. Accidentally killed
at Lyndon 17 June 1902. |
'Greater
love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.'
Last
updated
27 December, 2013
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