This
database is built from the details found relating to the Boxer Rebellion
2 November 1899 to 7 September 1901. The Boxer Rebellion, also known
as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian
uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the
Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known
as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having
practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as
"Chinese boxing". It was defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance
of foreign powers. This database is concerned with British casualties,
and those employed by them, only. For a more comprehensive over view
see Wikipedia
- Boxer Rebellion.
There
are 149 names on file - Last updated
29 January, 2025
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Martin
Edwards
88 Laurel Walk
Kempston
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Taku
Fort
Qing Pelho River Bridge
Tientsin,
West Arsenal
Many names that form the database here are taken from the casualty
list published in the Weekly Dispatch, London, Sunday 24
June 1900, page 1:
Also
from The Daily Malta Chronicle, 9 July 1900, page 4:
Tientsin,
view North from the South gate
showing the burning city
Boxer
soldeirs
By
Stereo copyrighted 1901 by Whiting View Company - Library of Congress,
Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3917 (color film copy transparency),
uncompressed archival TIFF version (4 MB), cropped and converted
to JPEG with the GIMP 2.2.13 image quality 88. This is the left
image of a stereographic view., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3999752
Details
have also been drawn from the following sources:
Loftus
Advertiser - Friday 6 July 1900, page 6
Morning
Leader - Wednesday 4 July 1900, page 5
Cork
Examiner - Wednesday 4 July 1900, page 5
Cork
Weekly Examiner - Saturday 7 July 1900, page 5
Westminster
Gazette - Tuesday 3 July 1900, page 7
Totnes
Weekly Times - Saturday 7 July 1900, page 3
