MERTHYR
TYDFIL - BOER WAR MEMORIAL
Compiled
and Copyright ©Amy Kitcher 2004
additional information Carl Llewellyn
The
Merthyr Tydfil South African (Boer) War memorial is located on Queens
Road. It is set away from the road on a grassy hillside overlooking
the town centre. It takes the form of a Aberdeen granite obelisk with
inscriptions on the tapering sides, the whole stands on a plinth on
a three-stepped base. The memorial was unveiled by Lord Windsor, Lord
Lieutenant of Glamorgan, in September 1904. The sculptornwas Washington
Morgan a well known Merthyr sculptor. It cost approximately £300
and weighs about 17½ tons. See Amy's Website -
'Foilages' for more information on these men.
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From
an old postcard |
Gwell
Angau Na Ghwiludd
A Tribute to the Memory of Merthyr Men who died in the South African War
1899-1902
Although
listed by Regiment on the memorial for ease of reading this list has been
sorted into name sequence.
BALL |
John
M |
Private
7380, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died of disease at Pretoria
1st July 1900. Buried at Pretoria. |
BARNETT |
Frederick |
Private
5743, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action at
Frederikstad 25th Octrober 1900. Buried in Olien Park, Potchefstroom. |
BROADSTOCK |
Samuel |
Private,
Gloucester Regiment |
CRONIN |
Patrick |
Private
5354, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of enteric at Ladysmith
30th December 1900. Buried in Intombi Cemetery, Ladysmith. |
DACEY |
Dominic |
[Listed
as Dominick DASEY on memorial] Trooper 4301, 19th Hussars. Died
of wounds at Dalmanutha 11th January 1901. Buried at Machadodorp. |
DAVIES |
Edward |
Private
4640, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Killed in action at
Klip Drift on 16th February 1900. Buried at Jacobsdal. |
DAVIES |
Henry |
Private
3056, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action at Driefontein
13th March 1900. Buried in Bosrand, Driefontein. |
DAVIES |
John
J |
Private
5980, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of enteric at Johannesburg
14th February 1901. Buried in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. |
DAVIES |
Thomas |
Private
5506, 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of enteric at Bultfontein
23rd December 1900. Buried at Bultfontein. |
DAVIES |
Thomas
W |
Corporal,
1st Battalion, 4th Company (Glamorgan), Imperial Yeomanry. Died
of disease at Harrismith 12th July 1901. Buried in Harrismith Town
Cemetery. |
DONOVAN |
Denis |
Private
4991, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died of disease at Kroonstad
24th May 1900. Buried in Marais St., Kroonstad. |
EVANS |
Caradoc
I |
Trooper
260, Protectorate Regiment. Died of disease at Mafeking 22 April
1900. Buried at Mafeking. |
EVANS |
Evan
S |
Private
5787, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of enteric in General
Hospital, Fort Napier PMB 23rd March 1900. Buried at Fort Napier,
PMB. |
FLYNN |
Michael |
Private,
South Wales Borderers |
FOUHY |
Thomas |
Corporal
2970, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action at Godwan
River, near Kaapsehoop 26th April 1901. Formerly a Merthyr Policeman. |
GRAY |
John |
Trooper,
18th Hussars |
HAYES |
John |
Private,
Welsh Regiment |
HOWELL |
William
F |
Private
5437, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of disease at Wynberg, Cape
Town 3rd October 1900. Buried in St John's Cemetery, Wynberg, Cape
Town. Also commemorated on RAMC
Memorial, Gun Hill, Aldershot. |
JAMES |
William |
Private
5670, 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of enteric at Kimberley
20th January 1901. Buried in West End Cemetery, Kimberley. |
JENKINS |
Arthur
J |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Colour Sergeant 3196, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier
Guards. Killed in action at Biddulphsberg 29th May 1900. Buried
at Senkal. |
JENKINS |
Charles
Morris |
Lieutenant,
Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry. Killed in action 15th December
1899 at Colnso, Hlangwane. Aged 32. Buried at Colenso Clouston.
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
Jenkins.
- Lieut. Charles Morris Jenkins, Thorneycroft's
M.I., was killed in action at the battle of Colenso Dec. 15th,
1899. He was 32 years of age, and was formerly a sergt. in the
Glamorgan Infantry Volunteers. Lieut. Jenkins went to South Africa
about 1888, and being a civil engineer was employed in the construction
of the Harrismith Railway. From 1896 he was engaged on the Pretoria-Petersburg
line, but in Oct., 1899, he was ordered to leave the Transvaal.
On reaching Natal he offered his services, and was given a commission
as lieut. in Thorneycroft's M.I.
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JONES |
Daniel |
Private,
Imperial Light Infantry |
JONES |
Edwin |
Private,
South Wales Borderers |
LEWIS |
William |
[Listed
as Corporal on memorial] Private 2080, 2nd Battalion, South Wales
Borderers. Died of rheumatic fever at sea 25th January 1900. Buried
at sea. |
MAHONEY |
Cornelius |
Private
3797, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action at Driefontein
10th March 1900. Buried at Bosrand, Driefontein. |
MANSELL |
Edwin |
Sergeant
3859, 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of disease at Taungs
25th March 1901. Buried at Vryburg. |
MOSES |
David
John |
Private
4641, 2nd Battalion (Mounted Infantry Company), South Wales Borderers.
Died of disease 24th May 1900. Buried at Bloemfontein. Son of Thomas
and Jane Moses he lived at No 6 Pond Street Penydarren Merthyr Tydfil,
he was a collier before he enlisted |
O'SHEA |
Timothy |
Private,
Welsh Regiment |
OWENS |
Edward |
Private,
South Wales Borderers |
POLLARD |
Henry |
Private
2528, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds at Driefontein
10th April 1900. Buried at Bloemfontein. |
REARDON |
William |
Sergeant,
South Wales Borderers |
REES |
John |
Private
1096, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of pneumonia at
sea 20th January 1900. Buried at sea. |
REES |
Sydney |
Private
3670, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of enetric fever
at Modder River 17th February 1900. Buried in West End Cemetery,
Kimberley. |
ROBERTS |
Morgan |
[Listed
as Welsh Regiment on memorial] Private 7347, 2nd Battalion, Royal
Welsh Fusliers. Died of heart disease at Krugersdorp 16th August
1900. Buried in Krugersdorp. |
RULE |
Thomas |
Private
5851, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action at Paardeberg
18th February 1900. Buried at Vendusie Drift, Paardeberg. |
SULLIVAN |
Daniel |
Private
6088, 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of disease at Mafeking
13th June 1901. |
THOMAS |
Samuel |
Private
162, 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died of disease at Prieska 10th
February 1901. Buried at Prieska. |
WALSH |
James |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Lance Corporal 7052, 3rd Battalion, South
Wales Borderers. Killed accidentally at Warrenton 11th December
1900. Buried in West End Cemetery, Kimberley. |
WAYT |
William |
Private
7056, 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of disease at Hoopstad
27th October 1900. Buried at Hoopstad. |
WILLIAMS |
Evan
J |
Trooper,
1st Battalion, 4th (Gamorgan) Company, Imperial Yeomanry. Died of
disease at Harrismith 20th May 1901. Burien in Harrismith Town Cemetery. |
WILLIAMS |
Lewis |
Private
5635, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action near Elandshoek
20th May 1901. Buried at Braberton. |
WILLIAMS |
Thomas |
Gunner
65167, 44th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Drowned at Orange River
Station 2nd April 1900. Buried in West End Cemetery, Kimberley. |
Last
updated
10 May, 2023
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