WAR
MEMORIAL, SPION KOP, SOUTH AFRICA
Boer
War - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Chris Collier 2008
There
are several memorials to British Regiments on Spion Kop. Below
are three, the first two are to the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment) and the third to the 1st Battalion, South
Lancashire Regiment. Each memorial transcription has been sorted
into alphabetical order for ease of reading and research.
TO
THE MEMORY OF
4 OFFICERS
38 N.C.O.'s AND MEN
OF THE 2ND BATTN. (D.C.O.) MIDDLESEX REGIMENT
WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF
SPION KOP
24TH JAN 1900, AND ARE BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT
"I
HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT"
2ND TIM. 4. 7.
IN
MEMORY OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.s & MEN, 2ND BATTN. MIDDLESEX REGT.
ADAMS |
W |
Private
2539, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
ARNOLD |
H |
Corporal
4214, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
ARNOLD |
J |
Private
2564, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
BAILEY |
A |
Corporal
3752, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
BARNARD |
A |
Private
5013, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
BROWN |
W |
Private
3318, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
BURGESS |
J
J |
Private
2721, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
CAKEBREAD |
H |
Corporal
3482, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
CAREY |
F |
Private
5412, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
CHAMPNESS |
W |
Private
5264, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
CHARTER |
G |
Private
3440, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
EGELTON |
T |
Private
2866, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
FOSTER |
A
E |
Sergeant
2738, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. Also
commemorated on Bedford
Boer War memorial. |
GALBRAITH |
Frederick
Alexander |
Lieutenant,
2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
GODFREY |
W |
Private
3232, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
GRAINGER |
R |
Private
4983, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
GRIFFITHS |
F |
Private
4960, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
HARDING |
J |
Private
5601, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
HARRIS |
A |
Private
4627, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
HOLLAND |
D |
Private
2078, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
HOWARD |
W
E |
Band
Sergeant 1390, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion
Kop. |
HUDSON |
G |
Private
2698, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
HUDSON |
W |
Private
5250, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
LANGRIDGE |
E |
Corporal
3197, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
LAWLEY |
Willaim
George Hodgson |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 24th January 1900. Aged 25. Born
February 1874. Buried Spion Kop. |
LEVITT |
A |
Private
4081, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
LUKEY |
E |
Private
2321, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
MAYCOCK |
E |
Corporal
3018, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
MONTAGUE |
H |
Corporal
3230, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
MORRALL |
F |
Private
1195, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
MURIEL |
Charles
Leslie |
Captain,
2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Aged 33. Born February
1866. Buried Spion Kop. Also commemorated on Norfolk
Boer War Memorial
Extract
from The Last Post: Roll of Officers Who Fell in South
Africa 1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner reprinted by Naval
& Military Press:
MURIEL,
Charles Leslie, Captain, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex
Regiment, was killed in action at Spion Kop in the operations
on the Upper Tugela, 24th January 1900. He was born February,
1866, and entered the Middlesex Regiment in February 1887,
being promoted lieutenant in May, 1889, and captain in October,
1895. He was adjutant of his battalion from October, 1895-99.
At Spion Kop he was first shot through the cheek whilst giving
a cigarette to a wounded man. He then continued to lead his
company, and was shortly afterwards shot through the brain. |
MURPHY |
J |
Private
2143, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
NASH |
G |
Private
3068, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
PAINTER |
W |
Private
5641, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
POULTON |
W |
Private
5660, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
ROBINSON |
A |
Private
4202, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
ROSSER |
A |
Private
5482, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
SPOONER |
A |
Private
5658, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
TORRENCE |
J |
Private
3321, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
WILSON |
Harold
Alfred Cobbe |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion
Kop. |
WRIGHT |
H |
Private
3189, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
YEWER |
A |
Private
5231, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 24th January 1900. Aged 21, Born September
1878. Son of Rev. Alfred Wilson, of Chiswick. Buried Spion
Kop. |
IN
MEMORY OF
THE UNDERNAMED OFFICERS
N.C. OFFICERS AND MEN OF
1ST BN SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGT
WHO FELL ON SPION KOP
ON 24TH JANUARY 1900
ALDRED |
J |
Private
2794, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
BIRCH |
Charles
Francis Grey |
[Initials
on the memorial C G F G] Captain, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in action while rescuing a wounded man 24th
January 1900. Aged 33. Born 18th November 1866. Only son of
Colonel Birch (late 4th North Lancashire Regt.), of Lympston
Grange, South Devon. Buried Spion Kop. |
BROWN |
J |
Private
1976, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
CANDY |
J |
Sergeant
2367, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
CHINNERY |
J |
Lance
Corporal 4254, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed
in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
DUMBELL |
J |
Private
4950, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
INGMAN |
E |
Private
5692, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
JONES |
E |
Private
3631, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
NOLAN |
T |
Private
2957, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
RAPHAEL |
Frederick
Melchoir |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action
24th January 1900. Aged 29. Second son of George Raphael of
London. Buried Spion Kop. |
SMITH |
T |
Lance
Corporal 4658, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed
in action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
THOMAS |
G |
Sergeant
3108, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th January 1900. Buried Spion Kop. |
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