
Soldiers
from Isle of Ely who served in South Africa 1899-1902
Copyright
© Cliff Brown 2003
Notes
relating to men from the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire who served in the
Boer War. Please note these notes are taken from related documents of
the time and are abbreviated information. Please refer to the original
for the detail we do not hold it so requests for this information will
be ignored.
CT
= Reference to Cambridgeshire Times newspaper. Microfilm copies available
at Cambridge and March libraries.
2nd
Cpl John Askham
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Royal
Engineers. On Ely Cath
Boer War Memorial. No further info.
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L/Cpl
Harry Ayres
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March.
3rd Middlesex Rgt, home from South Africa, CT 14-12-1900.
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Cpl
T G Baker
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Walsoken.
Reservist. Called up to Grenadier Guards. CT 5-1-1900. On Ely
Cath Boer War Memorial: Cpl, 5804, 3rd Grenadier Guards, died
of enteric fever 13-3-1900, Modder River.
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L/Cpl
Charles Wenham Barber
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Son
of Mr Charles Barber, Letter F Farm, Littleport. Reservist, living
in London. No 2639, HCompany, 1st Suffolk Rgt, PoW at Rensburg, 6-1-1900,
CT 19-1-1900.
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Cpl
Robert Barber
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Son
of Mr Robert Barber, 5 Beaconsfield Terrace, Littleport. No 4404,
GCompany, 1st Suffolk Rgt, CT 19-1-1900.
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Pte
A T E 'Joe' Barnard
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Ely.
3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Rgt, accepted for Active Service Coy, CT
19-1-1900.
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Pte
J Barnes
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Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 5370, 1st Suffolk/4th Mounted Infantry, died
of disease 22-12-1901, Pretoria.
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Pte
Samuel Barnes
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Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 2196, 1st Suffolk, Killed in action 6-1-1900, Suffolk
Hill, Colesburg.
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Pte
Josiah Bartle
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Prickwillow,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900. Pte Oliver Bartle: Prickwillow,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Robert
Bassett
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Chatteris.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899.
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Pte
W Blott
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Brother
of Mr R Blott, March. 15th coy Imperial Yeomanry. Enteric fever,
CT -2-1901.
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Pte
J E Bonnett
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Murrow.
Reservist. No 2123, CCompany, 1st Suffolk Rgt, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
W W Bradbury
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Policeman
at Wisbech Borough Police Force. Reservist, Norfolk Rgt, CT 4-5-1900.
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Pte
W Bradshaw
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Manea.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, sailed with 1st Suffolk CT 17-11-1899. Suffolk
Detachment, 1st Btn Mounted Infantry, CT 9-2-1900.
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Capt
Brett
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Ely.
Time expired, left South Africa with six men to be Adjutant of the
4th Suffolk (Militia) at Ely. CT 2-11-1900.
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Pte
Bridgeman
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Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Noah Britton
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Son
of Mr Britton, Wisbech Rd, Littleport. ECompany, 1st Suffolk Rgt, CT
19-1-1900.
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Pte
C Brown
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Little
Downham. Yorks Rgt, CT 19-1-1900.
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Pte
D Brown
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Imperial
Yeomanry. On Ely Cath
Boer War Memorial: Pte, 36299, 9th Imperial Yeomanry, died of
disease 26-1-02, Heilbron.
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Pte
J Brown
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Little
Downham. Missing, CT 19-1-1900.
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F
Burr
|
March.
G Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. In South Africa, CT 14-6-1901.
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Pte
A Butcher
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Little
Downham, at front, CT 19-1-1900.
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Pte
A Case
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March.
Missing, CT 12-1-1900.
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Bdr
A Cawthorn
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Royal
Artillery. On Ely Cath
Boer War Memorial: Bdr, 17623, Royal Field Artillery/serving
27th Mounted Infantry, died of disease 19-4-02, Elandsfontein,
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Pte
S Chapman
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Ely.
H Coy, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Rgt, back from South Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Lt
& QM James Chase
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Scots
Guards. Died of disease, Modder River, 3-2-1900, age 41. On Ely
Cath Boer War Memorial.
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Pte
A Christmas
|
March.
3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Rgt, accepted for Active Service Coy, CT
19-1-1900.
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Sgt
G Claridge
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Chatteris.
Missing at Rensburg 6-1-1900, CT 12-1-1900. Wounded & PoW, CT
9-2-1900.
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H
Clarke
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Son
of Mr A J Clarke, Stags Holt, March. Accepted for Imperial Yeomanry,
CT 1-3-1901. H Claxton: Wisbech. Reservist, 1st Suffolk, CT 9-2-1900.
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Tpr
J Cole
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Whittlesey.
Reservist, leaves for 68 Bty, RHA, CT 20-10-1899
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Pte
W Cole
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Whittlesey.
Reservist, leaves for Northants Rgt, CT 20-10-1899
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Trumpeter
E C Coyne
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Son
of Mr W Coyne, March. Reservist, 4th Dragoon Guards, proceeded from
March to join 7th Dragoon Guards, CT 2-2-1900. Pte, 4th Dragoon
Guards, wounded, CT 18-5-1900. 7th Dragoon Guards, wounded, now
home, CT 31-8-1900.
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Bandsman
William Coyne
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Son
of Mr & Mrs Coyne, George Inn, High St, March. 1st Seaforth
Highlanders. Served with British Army at Khartoum and Omdurman,
CT 26-8-1899.
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Pte
J H Creak
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Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900. Formerly HCompany, 3rd
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(Cambs)
VB Suffolk Rgt.
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Rev
W T R Crookham
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Vicar
of Haddenham (in Haddenham seven years). Chaplain, H Coy, 3rd (Cambs)
VB Suffolk Regiment. Not initially accepted, but now leaving for South
Africa, CT 18-5-1900. Returns from South Africa, chaplain on hospital
ship, CT 21-9-1900.
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Pte
Alfred Cross
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Prickwillow,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Arthur Cross
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Prickwillow,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
C F Cullum
|
Ely.
3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Rgt, back from South Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
Matthew Curtis
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Doddington.
1st Scots Guards, CT 23-2-1900.
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Pte
A H Daw
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Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 3339, 1st Suffolk, died of disease 30-12-1900,
Aliwal North.
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Pte
Percy Day
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Son
of Mrs Day, New St, Chatteris. Reservist, 1st Suffolk Regiment. Former
valet to the late Lt-Col Watson (KiA 6-1-1900), CT 2-2-1900.
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Pte
C Dickerson
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Whittlesey.
Reservist, leaves for Northants Rgt, CT 20-10-1899.
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Sgt
A Drakes
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Whittlesey.
Reservist, left for Northants Rgt, CT 20-10-1899.
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Cpl
F Drayton
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Formerly
of Ely, CT 11-5-1900. Volunteer Coy, Essex Rgt, CT 31-8-1900. Sgt,
in South Africa, CT 15-2-1901.
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Pte
H Driver
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Streatham/Thetford,
2nd Suffolk, in India, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
James Dunham
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Son
of Mr G Dunham, School Lane, Manea. 1st Suffolk, CT 23-11-1900.
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Pte
T Dunklin
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Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 1913, 1st Suffolk, died of disease 27-4-1901,
Wonderfontein. (possibly below)
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Pte
H Dunkling
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Sutton.
ECompany, 1st Suffolk, CT 9-2-1900.
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Pte
D Ellingham
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Whittlesey.
Reservist, leaves for Northants Rgt, CT 20-10-1899. 2nd Northants Regiment. CT 5-1-1900.
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Tpr
D Ellingham
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Whittlesey.
Reservist, leaves for RHA, CT 20-10-1899.
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George
Emery
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Downham,
HMS Forte, at Durban, CT 12-1-1900.
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Gnr
A Flegg
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Employed
English Brothers, Wisbech. Reservist, CT 31-8-1900.
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Pte
J Foley
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2nd
Lancs Fusiliers, PoW captured 24-1-1900 at Spion Kop, CT 30-3-1900.
PoW in Pretoria, CT 20-7-1900.
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Pte
W Frohock
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Streatham/Thetford,
1st Suffolk detached infantry, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Arthur Frost
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Son
of Stephen & Jane Frost, Benwick. Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, Killed in action 24-1-1900, Spion Kop. Memorial in Doddington Parish Church.
On Ely Cath Boer War
Memorial.
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Sgt
H Frost
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Little
Downham. 1st Suffolk, missing at Rensburg 6-1-1900, CT 12-1-1900.
Reported died at Colesburg 7-1-1900, then wounded, missing &
PoW, CT 16-3-1900.
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Tpr
Robert Gann
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Ely.
B Squadron, 17th Lancers, CT 4-5-1900.
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W
Garford
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Elm
Rd, Wisbech. Reservist, 1st Suffolk, CT 9-2-1900.
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Pte
T Gotobed
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Formerly
HCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. 1st Suffolk, served in South
Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
Goude
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Whittlesey.
2nd Northants Regiment. CT 5-1-1900.
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Pte
F Granger
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March.
FCompany, 1st Suffolk Rgt, in South Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
A R Green
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Formerly
HCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. Served in 17th Lancers in South
Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Sgt
F Green
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Son
of Mr Lionel Green, Upwell Rd, March. GCompany, 2nd Lincs, CT 2-3-1900.
PoW, CT 12-10-1900.
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Tpr
J Griggs
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Son
of Mr John Griggs, Littleport. Natal Mounted Police, CT 2-2-1900.
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Sgt
Haylett
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Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Haynes
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Station
Rd, Whittlesey. FCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. Back from South
Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
A Heading
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No
3391, Suffolk Regiment. CT 1899.
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Pte
Robert (Bob) Heading
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Chatteris.
Reservist, No 2698 ECompany, 2nd Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899. 1st? Suffolk,
CT 9-2-1900. Severely wounded in thigh 4-7-1901 near Kroonstad,
CT 26-7-1901.
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Cpl
Ernest Edward Hill
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Son
of Mr William Hill, Lynn Rd, Littleport. 5th Royal Irish Fusiliers,
CT 19-1-1900.
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Pte
H 'Minty' Hodson
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Chatteris.
1st Suffolk, missing at Rensburg on 6-1-1900, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
W How
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Streatham/Thetford,
2nd Suffolk, in India, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
William Howard
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Streatham/Thetford,
1st East Lancs, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Howe
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Fordham.
1st Suffolk, wounded 6-1-1900, CT 2-2-1900.
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Pte
Herbert H Hubbard
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Wisbech.
3rd Grenadier Guards. Wounded at Belmont 23-11-1899, bullet in left
thigh. CT 5-1-1900.
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Sgt
Hugh Hubbard
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Walsoken.
Grenadier Guards, serving in South Africa. CT 5-1-1900.
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Fred
Ingram
|
Walton.
CT 5-1-1900.
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Mr
G Isaacson
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Son
of Mr J Isaacson, Nene Parade, March. Employed on railway at Sterkstroom,
CT 12-1-1900.
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James
Ivatt
|
Downham.
Beds Rgt, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Herbert James
|
Husband
of Mrs James, 75 Norwich Rd, Wisbech. Reservist, 1st Suffolk Rgt,
serving in South Africa. CT 5-1-1900 & 2-2-1900.
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Cpl
H E Jessop
|
Grenadier
Guards. On Ely Cath
Boer War Memorial: Cpl, 7949, 3rd Grenadier Guards, died of
disease 8-6-1901, Navalsport.
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Pte
A D Johnson
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Formerly
HCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. Served in Imperial Yeomanry in
South Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
Charles H Joyce
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New
St, Chatteris. Reservist, 2nd Grenadier Guards. In South Africa,
CT 15-2-1901 & 31-5-1901.
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Pte
F Key
|
March.
ACompany, 1st Suffolk, CT 23-2-1900. Going back to South Africa, CT
30-8-1901.
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Pte
Charles Kidd
|
Son
of Mr & Mrs G Kidd, Plantation Frm, Burnt Fen. No 3088, ACompany, 1st Suffolk, Killed in action Rensburg, 6-1-1900, age 27, CT 2-2-1900.
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Pte
A G King
|
Rough
Riders. On Ely Cath
Boer War Memorial: 30813, 24th Imperial Yeomanry (Rough Riders),
Mounted Infantry, died of disease 5-2-1901, Kimberley.
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Pte
W Knight
|
D
Coy, 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry, CT 9-2-1900.
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Pte
L Lake
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Wisbech.
Former drummer with 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. Reservist, left
Wisbech 6-11-1899. 1st Suffolk Rgt, serving in South Africa. CT
5-1-1900 & 9-2-1900.
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Pte
A Lavender
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Ely,
at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Reuben Laws
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Son
of Mr & Mrs William Laws, New River Bank, Littleport. HCompany, 1st Suffolk Rgt, PoW at Rensburg, 6-1-1900, CT 19-1-1900.
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Pte
D Layton
|
Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900. QM G Lee: Streatham/Thetford,
2nd Seaforth Highlanders, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
J Lister
|
Nephew
of Mr & Mrs W Lister, Black Drove, Manea. ECompany, 2nd West Yorks
Rgt, CT 9-2-1900. Arrived home, CT 21-6-1901.
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Sgt-Inst
H A Loader
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March.
No 46, GCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Rgt, received notice of call
to active serviceCompany, CT 12-1-1900. Departs from March, appointed
paymaster, CT 19-1-1900.
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Pte
G H Long
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Son
of Mr Hanslip Long, Ely. 6803, 43rd Coy, Imperial Yeomanry. Other
son invalided home with fever. CT 18-1-1901.
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Pte
T Longford
|
Streatham/Thetford,
2nd Suffolk, in India, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Edward McCue
|
Manea.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, sailed with 1st Suffolk CT 17-11-1899. No
2928, BCompany, 1st Suffolk, serving in South Africa. CT 5-1-1900.
Missing, PoW at Rensburg, 6-1-1900, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
McLoughlin
|
Nene
Quay, Wisbech. Northants Regiment. CT 5-1-1900.
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Pte
Alfred Macer
|
Coveney.
1st Coldstream Guards, CT 19-1-1900.
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Sgt
C E Malt
|
London.
Son of Mr C Malt, Wisbech. 8th Hussars. CT 5-1-1900.
|
Margetson
|
Four
sons of Mr A Margetson, 4 Ryan St, Wisbech, serving in forces -
three in Army, one in Navy. CT 5-1-1900.
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Pte
Richard Margetson
|
Son
of Mr A Margetson, 4 Ryan St, Wisbech. No 704, 1st Coldstream Guards.
CT 5-1-1900.
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R
M Mewsham
|
Wisbech.
DLI. CT 5-1-1900.
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Gnr
C Missen
|
Little
Downham. At front, CT 19-1-1900.
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Gnr
J Moxon
|
Little
Downham. Field Artillery, at front, CT 19-1-1900.
|
William
Murfitt
|
White
House, March. Accepted for Imperial Yeomanry, now training for South
Africa, CT 8-2-1901. Served in 3rd (Vol) Btn Suffolk Rgt.
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Pte
James Neal
|
Ely,
Yorks & Lancs Rgt, at front, CT 12-1-191900.
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L/Cpl
Herbert H H Nixon
|
Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial & P'boro
Boer War mem: L/Cpl, 5230, 1st Suffolk, Kia 6-1-1900, Suffolk
Hill, Colesburg.
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Tpr
Arthur R Ogden
|
March.
2nd Life Guards, sailing to South Africa, CT 2-2-1900. Home from
South Africa, CT 14-12-1900.
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Cpl
Tom Oldfield
|
Delph
St, Whittlesey. FCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. Back from South
Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
A Ousden
|
Streatham/Thetford,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
|
Cpl
Overland
|
March.
1st Suffolk, on way to South Africa, CT 30-8-1901.
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Pte
Herbert Palmer
|
Wisbech.
Royal Engineers, CT 19-1-1900.
|
AB
Herbert Willoughby Pannifer
|
Son
of Mr F W Pannifer, Wisbech. Serving on HMS Poweful, at Ladysmith,
CT 30-3-1900. On Ely
Cath Boer War Memorial.
|
Pte
Frank Parker
|
Son
of Mr Parker, Colville Rd, Wisbech. No 3359, 10th Hussars, CT 2-2-1900.
|
2nd
Cpl T Parker
|
Living
London, native of Upwell. Royal Engineers, at front, CT 19-1-1900.
|
Spr
H S Parnell
|
Royal
Engineers. On Ely Cath
Boer War Memorial: 28509, 8th Coy (Railway) RE, died of disease
3-5-1900, Bloemfontein.
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Pte
J Parnell
|
Streatham/Thetford,
Grenadier Guards, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
|
Thomas
Asa Parnell
|
Streatham/Thetford,
Royal Engineers, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
|
Pte
G Pears
|
Park
St, Walsoken. Reservist, 1st Suffolk Regiment. Missing at Rensburg, 6-1-1900,
CT 12-1-1900. Wounded & PoW, CT 9-2-1900.
|
Pte
J Pearson
|
Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 878, 1st Suffolk, died of disease 11-6-1900,
Bloemfontein.
|
Edward
Peacock
|
Chatteris.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899
|
Cpl
Edmund B Phillips
|
March.
Brother of Mr F T Phillips, Wades Hotel, Station Rd, March. No 1898,
CCompany, Durban Light Infantry, CT 24-11-1899 & CT 26-1-1900.
To receive clasps Transvaal & Relief of Ladysmith, CT 20-12-1900.
Returned from South Africa, CT 18-1-1901.
|
Pte
Phipps
|
Ely.
Wounded, CT 12-1-1900. (one of two below).
|
Pte
Harry Phipps
|
Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
|
Pte
Samuel Phipps |
Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900. |
Pte
J Plummer
|
Whittlesey.
Reservist, leaves for Northants Rgt, CT 20-10-1899 William Pocklington:
Son of Mrs Pocklington, March. ACompany, Suffolk Regiment. Died 1pm, 25-12-1898
at Rangoon, abcess of the liver, CT 27-1-1899.
|
Joseph
Pond
|
Son
of Mr Robert Pond, Lordship Cottage, Littleport. Reservist, living
in Colchester. C Coy, 1st Suffolk Rgt, CT 19-1-1900.
|
William
Oliver Pope
|
Widow
and child in March. 65th Field Rgt, Royal Artillery. Enteric fever
after drinking water from river at Paardeberg, age 25, invalided
home, died at Woolwich. Buried Plumstead Cemetery 6-11-1901. CT
8-11-1901.
|
Pte
H Powers
|
Manchester Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 9925, 2nd Manchester Rgt/Mounted Infantry,
died of disease 27-11-1900, near Standerton.
|
A
Montague Pratt
|
Son
of Mr J T Pratt, Colville Rd, Wisbech. Reservist, called up to 7th
Hussars. Had served in Matabele Campaign. CT 5-1-1900.
|
Pte
Prigg
|
Sister
at Stuntney. Killed, CT 12-1-1900. (one of below)
|
Pte
George Prigg
|
Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 4812, 1st Suffolk, Killed in action 6-1-1900, Suffolk
Hill, Colesburg. Born Soham 1877, son of Nathan and Dinah (nee (Garner)
Prigg. QSA with clasp for Cape Colony. Brother of Henry.
|
Pte
Henry Prigg
|
Manchester Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 1754, 2nd Manchester Rgt, died of disease
9-11-1900, near Vrede. Born Soham, 1866, son of Nathan and Dinah
(nee (Garner) Prigg. Husband of Emily Ethelreda Prigg (nee Howlett);
father of Hubert born 24th March 1895. Brother of George.
|
Joseph
Rawlings
|
Chatteris.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899.
|
John
Rayment
|
Chatteris.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899. 1st Suffolk, wounded and
PoW, CT 9-2-1900. Pte George W Reader: Whittlesey, formerly of Littleport.
Son of Mrs Reader, Victoria St, Littleport. 1st Suffolk, CT 19-1-1900.
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Pte
F Redhead
|
March.
Wounded in right arm at Wagoner's Drift 19-1-1900, CT 23-2-1900.
In Dundee, Scotland, CT 22-3-1901.
|
Pte/Cyclist
A Richardson
|
Ely.
3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Rgt, accepted for Active Service Coy, CT
19-1-1900.
|
Alfred
F Richardson
|
Son
of Alfred Richardson, The Manor House, Mepal. Mounted Infantry,
Imperial Volunteers, CT 12-1-1900. City Imperial Volunteers, arrived
home, CT 9-11-1900.
|
Sgt
Rickwood
|
Ely.
H Coy, 3rd (Cambs) VB, Suffolk Regiment. Serving in South Africa, CT
10-5-1901.
|
Pte
J Roberts
|
March.
1547, DCompany, 1st Suffolk, CT 1-6-1900. Serving South Africa, CT
22-3-1901 & 19-4-1901.
|
Pte
John Rowe
|
Chatteris.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899. Reservist, 9thCompany, Suffolk
Mounted Infantry, CT 1-6-1900.
|
L/cpl
Rudd
|
Delph
St, Whittlesey. FCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. Back from South
Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
|
Sgt
William Rushbrook
|
Sutton.
BCompany, Beds Rgt, CT 9-2-1900.
|
Mr
H Malcolm Rust
|
Son
of Alderman Rust, Wisbech, CT 1-6-1900.
|
Pte
William Sandford
|
Coveney.
Suffolk Rgt, CT 19-1-1900.
|
Frederick
Sansum
|
Chatteris.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899
|
John
Savage
|
Chatteris.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899
|
Pte
W Savage
|
Beds Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial & P'boro
Boer War mem. Pte, 6506, 2nd Bedfordshire Rgt, died of disease
13-5-1900, Bloemfontein.
|
Pte
G Sindal
|
Streatham/Thetford,
2nd Suffolk, in India, CT 12-1-1900.
|
Pte
R Stafford
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March.
Compositor on Cambridgeshire Times. GCompany, 3rd(Cambs) VB Suffolk
Rgt, accepted for Active Service Coy for South Africa, CT 19-1-1900.
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Alfred
Stevens
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Jubilee
Cottages, Creek Rd, March. Unmarried, 3rd Rifle Brigade at Gosport,
had been due for discharge 28-11-99, CT 24-11-99. 2nd Rifle Brigade,
CT 13-4-1900. Home from South Africa, CT 14-12-1900.
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Pte
E E Swann
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Formerly
HCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Rgt, now ACompany, served in South Africa,
CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
Taylor
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Son
of Mrs Taylor, Bohemond St, Ely. 1st Suffolk, PoW 6-1-1900 at Rensburg,
CT 16-3-1900. Tpr H Taylor: Whittlesey. Reservist, leaves for 63rd
Bty RHA, CT 20-10-1899. Mr Joe Thimbleby: March. Lives as De Aar.
Engine driver, at Kimberly. CT 5-1-1900.
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Pte
E Vail
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Streatham/Thetford,
West Kents, at front, CT 12-1-1900. Pte John Vaughan: Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer War
Memorial: Pte, 1st Suffolk, Killed in action 6-1-1900, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg.
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Edward
Walker
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Doddington.
Reservist, Suffolk Rgt, CT 10-11-1899
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Pte
John Ward
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Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 5366, 1st Suffolk, died of disease 2-11-1900,
Middelburg.
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Sgt
F W S Wattam
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Manea.
Sailed for South Africa, CT 23-3-1900. 2nd Grenadier Guards, 16th
Brigade, 8th Division, CT 31-8-1900. Invalided home with dysentary,
CT 19-4-1901.
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Pte
J Wayman
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Back
Hill, Ely. 1st Suffolk, missing at Rensburg, 6-1-1900. CT 12-1-1900.
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Clr-Sgt
Robert White
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Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
Thomas White
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Husband
of Mrs White, 99 Sluice Row, Wisbech. Reservist, 1st Suffolk, serving
in South Africa. CT 5-1-1900 & 12-1-1900.
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Pte
A T Whittlesey
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March.
Rhodesian Regiment. CT 23-3-1900. (possibly below).
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Jack
Whittlesey
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Son
of Mr J H W Whittlesey, Dartford Rd, March. In South Africa with
Plumer, CT 12-1-1900. Wounded, CT 9-11-1900.
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Tpr
W Whittlesey
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March.
76th Rough Riders, 12th Btn Imperial Yeomanry, in South Africa,
CT 25-5-1901.
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Cpl
A Wilkinson
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Ely.
H Coy, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. No 6589. In volunteer serviceCompany, CT 22-6-1900. Joined with a draft at Middleburg, July 1900.
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Cpl
J Wilson
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Brother
of Mr F Wilson, Market St, Ely. 2nd Middlesex Rgt, CT 2-3-1900.
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Pte
W Wilson
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Formerly
HCompany, 3rd (Cambs) VB Suffolk Regiment. Served in 1st Suffolk Rgt in
South Africa, CT 10-5-1901.
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Pte
J Woodbine
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Ely,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Cpl
Stanley Woodward
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Rifle
Brigade (60th Rifles). On Ely
Cath Boer War Memorial. No further info.
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Pte
E Wright
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Streatham/Thetford,
2nd Suffolk, in India, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
H Wright
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Letter
to Mrs J Lepla, Westry Farm, March. 65th Bty, Royal Artillery, CT
13-4-1900.
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Pte
J Leaf Wright
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Wisbech.
No 5407, 2nd Norfolk Rgt, CT 30-3-1900.
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Pte
John Wright
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Streatham/Thetford,
1st Suffolk, at front, CT 12-1-1900.
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Pte
P Wright
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Suffolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Pte, 4356, 1st Suffolk, died of disease 9-3-02,
Johannesburg.
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L/Sgt
Youles
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March.
Went out with Imperial Yeomanry. Served Transvaal Constabulary.
Home after 14 months in South Africa, CT 21-6-1901.
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Cpl
R Young
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Norfolk Regiment. On Ely Cath Boer
War Memorial: Cpl, 2089, 2nd Norfolk Rgt, died of disease 19-6-1900,
Bloemfontein.
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22 October
2005
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