Roll of Honour - Buckinghamshire - Eton Fire Brigade Boer War

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ETON FIRE BRIGADE BOER WAR MEMORIAL

South African (Boer) War - Roll of Honour with detailed information
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Eton Fire Brigade memorial to one man who died in the South African (Boer) War is in the form of a marble plaque that is located outside the Town Council Offices on the High Street, Eton. There is one name listed.

TO THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES HORATIO HOBBS
FORMERLY ENGINEER OF THIS BRIGADE
WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN
THE 1ST BUCKS VOLUNTEERS
AT KROONSTAD S. AFRICA
JULY 4TH 1900
PLACED HERE BY HIS FIREMAN COMRADES
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE.

HOBBS

Charles Horatio

Private 7233, 1st Buckinghamshire Volunteers, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Died of enteric fever at Kroonstad, South Africa, 4 July 1900. Aged 25. Baptised 25 April 1875, son of Henry (a Drill Sergeant) and Hannah Hobbs, resident Eton Wick, Eton, Buckinghamshire. Attested at Oxford 19 January 1900, aged 25 years 1 month, civilian occupation Tailor, single, height 5 feet 4¾ inches, chest 33-35 inches. fresh complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. See also Coombe Hill Memorial

Extract from Bucks Advertiser and Aylesbury News, Saturday 28 July 1900, page 3:

The death of a member of the Bucks Volunteer contingent on active service is reported—Private Charles Horatio Hobbs. The deceased was one of that plucky little band from the slough Company who went out in March last. He was the youngest son of an old soldier, the late Quarter-master Sergt. Hobbs, of the Eton College Volunteers and the 60th Rifles. His mother is the landlady of the "Christopher Tap." Eton, and with her previous to his departure for South Africa her son resided. Deceased, who was 25 years of age, has been in the Volunteers about live years.

Last updated 25 March, 2026

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