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BURY ST EDMUNDS BOER WAR MEMORIAL

Boer War Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2004 Martin Edwards & Russell Edwards

The memorial itself stands in the Market Square, Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds. The memorial lists the names by the various corps they died fighting with. For ease of reading and research this list has been sorted into alphabetical order. There are 193 names listed and these include the Suffolk Regiment losses, 8 officers and 147 N.C.O.'s and men. The memorial takes the form of a bare-headed soldier, of Suffolk reference, with a rifle, leaning on a rock which is mounted on a rectangular sarcophagus. The memorial was uneviled on 11th November 1904 by General Lord Methuen and dedicated 12th November 1904 by The Venerable H Hodges. The memorial cost £750 to erect, the mason being Mr A H Hanchet and the sculptor Mr Arthur G Walker. Details appeared in a special supplement to the Bury & Norwich Post, 22nd November 1904.

Note: Details of the Suffolk Regiment in the Boer can be found under the Regiments section.

Photographs Copyright © Russell Edwards 2004
The unveiling from an old postcard
VULNERATUS NON VICTUS
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THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED BY SUFFOLK PEOPLE AS A MEMORIAL
TO SUFFOLK SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
1899-1902

ALLENSBY

G A

Private 4709, Suffolk Regiment (Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 26th February 1901 at Wynberg.

ANASLEY

W

[ANDSLEY elsewhere] Lance Corporal 4794, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Colesberg.

ARBON

A

Private, Suffolk Regiment - probably also listed a J ARBON elsewhere, Private 2725, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded 6th January 1900, Colesberg, died of disease 20th September 1900 at Kroonstad.

ARNULL

Thomas A

Private 4794, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

ARROWSMITH

Henry

Lance Sergeant 3594, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

ATTWELL

James M

[Listed as Lance Corporal on memorial, spelt ATTSWELL elsewhere] Private 3369, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

BAKER

John

Sergeant 384, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa. See also Ipswich Boer Memorial

BALTYER

William

[Listed as BALTZER on Colesberg memorial and BALTZAR on Cambridge memorial] Private 2868, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

BANTOCK

W

[Listed as B for Hill on memorial] Lance Corporal, 4616, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of disease at Thaba N'chu 25th February 1901. See also Bedford Boer War

BARKER

Albert

Private 814, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 30th June 1900 at Bloemfontein.

BARNES

J

Private 5370 , Suffolk Regiment (4th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 22nd December 1901, Pretoria.

BARNES

Samuel

Private 2196, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

BARRETT

G R K

Private, Suffolk Regiment

BEDWELL

[Harry] Albert

Private 3961, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 14th November 1900 at Middelburg.

BOCOCK

Trooper, 44th Imperial Yeomanry

BOSWORTH

J

Private 5861, Suffolk Regiment (28th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 31st March 1902 at Germiston.

BOYCE

W

Private 2133, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 22nd May 1901 at Middelburg.

BRIDGE

Arthur

Private 3230, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

BROWN

Arthur Wale

Captain, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hilldied of wounds at Jacobsdarl, Pretoria, 26th January 1900, age 33; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa. [Reported in news of the World 14-Jan-1900] 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesberg. Son of J Brown, Coombe Villa, Teignmouth. Born 1867. Educated at Allhallows School, Honiton. Joined the Suffolk Regiment in 1889, promoted lieutenant 1893, captain 1898. Accompanied his battallion to South Africa November 1899.

Sources: News of the World 14 Jan 1900 and "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

BROYD

Frank

Private 1131, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 11th July 1900 at Germiston.

BRUNNING

A

Gunner 69776, 15th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died from disease on 8 June 1900 at Bloemfontein.

BRUTY

George

Private 4835, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 31st May 1900 at Vet River

BUTCHER

Alfred

Private 2913, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 12th June 1900 at Bloemfontein.

CALTHORPE

C

Sergeant, Royal Berkshire Regiment

CALTON

F

Private, 13th Hussars

CAMPAN

C

Private, Essex Regiment

CAREY

Seymour James

[Listed as S G CAREY on Colesberg Memorial] Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill, aged 26; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

Carey.—Lieut. Seymour James Carey, 1st Batt. Suffolk Regt., was killed in action, near Rensburg, Jan. 6th, 1900. He was a son of A. Carey, Esq., of 21, Rosary Gardens, London was born Jan., 1874, and educated at St. Paul’s School. He entered the Suffolk Regt. in Jan., 1895, being promoted lieut. May, 1897. Lieut. Carey served as Chief of Police in the Monofatsi district of Crete, from Nov., 1898, to July, 1899, and was mentioned in despatches for the services he rendered in that capacity. He accompanied his battalion to South Africa in Nov., 1899. (See Lieut.-Col. Watson.)

Sources: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner.

There is a stone wall plaque to his memory in the nave of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Little Burstead, Essex, and he is also mentioned on the family tomb in the churchyard attached to it.

CAWLEY

William J

Private 3298, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Prisoner of war 6th January 1900 at Colesberg, died 5th June 1900 at Waterval.

CHAPMAN

H

Private 5320, Suffolk Regiment (28th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 2nd March 1902, Pretoria.

CHENERY

A

Private, Army Service Corps

COBBIN

William

Private 2506, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 6th July 1900 at Germiston.

COBBOLD

C

Private, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

COBBOLD

H

Private 5615, Suffolk Regiment (28th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 7th March 1902 at Elandsfontein.

COLEMAN

F

Sergeant 3917, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 15th December 1901 at Krugersdorp.

COLEMAN

W

Private 3355, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 27th December 1900, Pretoria.

COOPER

Alfred

Private 5118, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

COOPER

H

Private 3907, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 27th December 1900, Pretoria.

CORDER

H

Private 4517, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 22nd April 1901, Charlestown.

CUTHERBERT

Walter

Private 4232, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

DAMES

E

Lance Corporal 5052, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of diesease 23rd May 1901 at Middelburg.

DAVIS

C

Private 5166, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 5th May 1901 at Pretoria.

DAW

A

Private 3339, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 30th December 1900 at Aliwal North.

DAY

William

Lance Corporal 2951, Suffolk Regiment (Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 1st November 1900, Bloemfontein.

DAYNES

[Albert] William

Private 3000, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 23rd April 1900, De Aar. From Cambridge. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

DEADMAN

W

Private 5636, Suffolk Regiment (28th Mounted Infantry). Prisoner of war 31st March 1902 at Boschbult; died of disease 28th May 1902 at Vryburg.

DEWELL

J

Private 5543, Suffolk Regiment (28th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 22nd January 1902 at Elandsfontein.

DOUBLE

C

Private, Suffolk Regiment

DOWIE

Ronald MacKenzie

Captain, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded at Vredeport, 17th December 1901, died 20th December 1901.

Dowie. - Capt. Ronald Mackenzie Dowie, 3rd Batt. Suffolk Regt., died at Kroonstad, Dec. 20th, 1901 from a gunshot wound in the abdomen, received in action near Vredefort three days previously. He was seconded in his battalion for service with the 1st Batt. of his Regiment, and formerly held a commission as lieut. in the 4tb Batt., being gazetted to a company in the 3rd Batt. in Jan., 1900.

Sources: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner.

DUNKLING

T

Private 1913, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 27th April 1901 at Wonderfontein.

DYER

W

Private 4811, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 24th January 1900 at Pretoria.

EAST

F

Corporal, Army Service Corps

EDGLEY

Frank

[Spelt EDGELEY elsewhere] Private 5229, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 2nd April 1900 at Prieska.

ELLINGHAM

Charles

Lance Corporal 4660, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 15th June 1900 at Bloemfontein.

ENNALS

J

Private, Essex Regiment

FINCH

Edward

Private 4915, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 9th November 1900 at Johannesburg.

FINTER

J

Private 5309, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 13th March 1901 at Middelburg.

FISK

Ernest

Private 5231, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 21st June 1900 at Germiston

FORGE

Frederick

Private 3494, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

FORSDYKE

S

Private 2733, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 29th December 1900 at Pretoria.

FROST

H

Private, Royal Army Medical Corps. Also commemorated on RAMC Memorial, Gun Hill, Aldershot.

FULCHER

William

Private 3887, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

GARRARD

Ernest C

Sergeant 6193, Volunteer Company, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 5th July 1900 at Germiston.

GARROD

[Ernest] G

Private 1374, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 24th December 1900 at Pretoria.

GILL

Arthur

Private 4643, Suffolk Regiment (Mounted Infantry). Wounded 5th May 1900 at Bloemfontein. Date of death unknown. .

GODDARD

A

Lance Corporal 5070, Suffolk Regiment. Prisoner of war 6th January 1900, Colesberg, died of disease 21st January 1900.

GODDARD

E

Private, Suffolk Regiment

GOOCH

H

Private, King's Royal Rifle Corps

GREEN

E B

Corporal 6702, 4th Volunteer Company, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 13th June 1901, Middelburg.

GREENWOOD

George

Private 2064, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

GRIGGS

A

Private 5673, Suffolk Regiment (28th Mounted Infantry) Died of disease 8th April 1902 at Germiston.

HACKETT

Charles

Private 4684, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

HALE

E

Private, Scottish Rifles

HANCOCK

S

Private 5666, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (and 28th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 23rd May 1902, Klerksdorp. From Cherryhinton, Cambridgeshire. See also

HARDING

E

Trooper, 44th Imperial Yeomanry

HEARNE

W

Private 2912, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 27th January 1900 at Germiston.

HEAUME

W

Private 5745, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Drowned 8th February 1902 at Schoonspruit, Klerksdorp.

HEMMINGS

[Charles] S

Private 2452, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Mounted Infantry Company). Died of disease 17th August 1900 at Johannesburg.

HERRINGTON

A

Private, Grenadier Guards

HICKS

Albert E

Private 2885, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 12th October 1900 at Bloemfontein.

HICKS

G

Private 4014, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 1st January 1901 at Germiston.

HOLLAND

E G

Private 3303, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 8th January 1900 at Pretoria.

HOLLAND

[B] Robert

Private 3404, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Prisoner of war 6th January 1900 at Colesberg; died of disease 1st April 1900 at Pretoria.

HOUSDEN

Alfred

Sergeant 3686, Suffolk Regiment (Mounted Infantry). Wounded 4th June 1900, near Pretoria. Date of death not known. from Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

HOWE

A

Private 3448, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded 16th February 1900 at Coleskop; died of disease 31st January 1901 at Pretoria.

HOWE

F

Private, Manchester Regiment

HOWELL

Hammond C

Private 3274, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 4th May 1900 at Naauwpoort.

HUGHES

H

Private, 1st Kings Dragoon Guards

HUNT

Frederick

Private 798, Suffolk Regiment. Died of stomach cancer (malignant disease of the stomach) aboard SS Cephalonia travelling back from Africa 3 June 1900 in Southampton. Buried in Netley cemetery

HURRELL

P

Private, 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment

JOHNSON

William

Private 795, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 11th August 1900 at Deelfontein.

KIDD

Charles

Private 3088, 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa. Son of Mr & Mrs G Kidd, Plantation Farm, Burnt Fen. Age 27.

KNIGHTS

Henry [Harry]

Private 2026, 1st Battaliuon, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 17th June 1900 at Germiston.

LAMBERT

John

Private 1165, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 25th June 1900 at Germiston.

LAST

J

Private 4720, Suffolk Regiment (15th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 16th February 1902 at Harrismith.

LEACH

W [G]

Private 11341, Royal Army Medical Corps. Resident Ipswich. Died of disease at Modder River 17 January 1900. Also commemorated on Ipswich Boer War Memorial and on on RAMC Memorial, Gun Hill, Aldershot.

LEWIS

W

Private 4447, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 8th February 1901 at Middelburg.

LLOYD

William Rreade de-la-Pere

Major, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action at Twyufelaar, 26th January 1901, age 40.

Lloyd. - Major William Reade De la Pêre Lloyd, 1st Batt. Suffolk Regt., was killed in action in Major-Gen. Smith Dorrien’s engagement of Jan. 26th, 1901. He was the only son of the late Capt. Lloyd, 57th Regt., who was killed in action in New Zealand. Born, Sept. i86o, Major Lloyd entered the 12th Foot, Jan. i88o, being promoted lieut. Jan., 1881, capt. May, 1886, and major Feb., 1897. He served in the Hazara Expedition, 1888, with his battalion, receiving the medal with clasp. Major Lloyd who had served in South Africa from 1899, in the north of Cape Colony and in the Transvaal, was mentioned in despatches, L.G., Sept. 10th, 1901.

Sources: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner.

LYNES

C

Corporal, 44th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

MALONEY

J

Private 2742, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 8th March 1901 at Middelburg.

MALYON

Thomas

Private 4253, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 1st April 1900 at Naauwpoort.

MANCHESTER

W

Private 4964, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 12th December 1900 at Springfontein.

MARTIN

A

Private 4101, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 29th April 1902 at Tafel Kop.

MARTIN

E

Private 5121, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded and prisoner of war 6th January 1900 at Colesberg; died 21st July 1901.

MAY

Alfred Henry

Private 6942, Volunteer Company, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 3rd August 1900 at Germiston.

MAYES

Charles

Private 2997, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 11th July 1900 at Germiston.

MEADE

A

Private 5029, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 29th April 1902 at Tafel Kop.

MILLER

H

Trooper, Bethune S Horse

MOORE

J

Driver, 81st Battery, Royal Field Artillery

MORGAN

E

Sergeant, 1504, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

MUMFORD

Trooper, 5th Imperial Yeomanry

MUMFORD

O

Private, 1st Kings Dragoon Guards

MUNNINGS

H

Private, 13th Battalion, Royal Field Artillery

MURTON

T

[Listed as J MURTON on Colesberg memorial] Private 4121, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

MUSKETT

Frederick

Private 3067, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

NEWSON

Robert

Private 4651, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

NIXON

Herbert Howlett Higgs

[Listed as Corporal on Colesberg memorial and Cambridge memorial] Lance Corporal 5230, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa. Born circa 1879 Coates, son of James Howlett and Ann Elizabeth NIXON. Father was a Policeman, family living in Thorney in 1881.

NORMAN

Henry

Private 2119, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 20th June 1900 at Green Point.

NORRIS

W C

Private 4251, Suffolk Regiment (1st Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 11th April 1902 at Harrismith.

NORWOOD

A

Private 2890, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 11th February 1901 at Pretoria.

OLLEY

G

Private 5143, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 5th February 1901 at Middelburg.

ORBELL

L

Sergeant Drummer 1983, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 7th July 1901 at Pretoria

OXFORD

E

Gunner, 73rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery

OXFORD

G

Driver, 44th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

PALMER

[Thomas] W

Sergeant 2450, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 20th April 1900 at De Aar.

PAMMENT

W

Private, Rifle Brigade

PANNIFER

C

Gunner, 81st Battery, Royal Field Artillery

PARMENTER

J

Private 5579, Suffolk Regiment (28th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 21st May 1902 at Elandsfontein.

PEARSON

J

Private, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 11th June 1900 at Bloemfontein.

PETERS

David

Private 3271, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease between 21st March 1900 and 31st March 1900 at Britstown. From Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

PHILLIPPS

C

Driver, 78th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

PLUMB

J

Private 5569, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Run over by train 7th May 1902 at Myfontein. From Cambridge. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

PODD

Harry

Private 2707, Suffolk Regiment (Mounted Infantry Company). Died of disease 21st June 1900 at Johannesburg.

POLLARD

Thomas

Private 3406, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. died of disease 7th June 1900 at Naauwpoort.

POMEROY

George

Private 2843, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 3rd June 1900 at Bloemfontein.

PRIGG

George

[Listed as C PRIGG on Colesberg memorial] Private 4812, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa. From Cambs Times 23/11/1900, Henry & George Prigg were brothers, sons of Nathan Prigg of Quanea [Hill, near Ely] Born Soham 1877, son of Nathan and Dinah (nee (Garner) Prigg. QSA with clasp for Cape Colony.

PRYKE

Stephen

Private 2826, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

RADLEY

Walter

Private 2542, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

RANSOM

Thomas

Private 2691, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

READ

T

Lance Corporal 4122, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 13th May 1901 at Pretoria.

READ

T

Private, Suffolk Regiment

REYNOLDS

W

Lance Corporal 1121, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 30th June 1900 at Nooitgedacht.

RICE

C

Private, Suffolk Regiment

RISBY

Harry [Henry]

Private 3004, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 23rd April 1900 at De Aar.

ROBINSON

Joseph

Private 3090, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

ROGERS

George

Private 3543, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 12th May 1900 at Bloemfontein.

ROGERS

W

Private 4908, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Prisoner of war 6th January 1900 at Colesberg; died of disease 10th March 1900 at Middleburg.

ROSBROOK

W

Private, 5th Kings Dragoon Guards

ROSENDALE

J

[Spelt ROSSENDALE elsewhere] Private, Suffolk Regiment. From Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

RUMSEY

R

Private, Suffolk Regiment

SALTER

T

Private, Leicestershire Regiment

SCOTT

E

Private 2513, Suffolk Regiment (Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 7th February 1901 at Bloemfontein.

SEAMANS

[S] Thomas

[Listed as SEAMONS on Colesberg memorial] Private 4738, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

SHARMAN

John

Private 2773, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 18th June 1900 at Naauwpoort.

SILLITOE

Ambrose

[Listed as SILLATOE on Colesberg memorial] Private 2299, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

SKEET

John R

Private 2948, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded and prisoner of war 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill, died 30th April 1900 at Pretoria; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

SMITH

A

Sapper, 12th Company, Royal Engineers

SMITH

William

Private 876, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 11th August 1900 at Middelburg. From Pampisford, Cambridgeshire. See also

SOAMES

L

[Listed as SOANES on memorial] Private 5243, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 29th December 1900 at Bloemfontein.

SOUTHGATE

A James

Private 2023, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Prisoner of war 6th January 1900 at Colesberg; died 30th April 1900 at Pretoria.

STEGGLES

H

Private 4123, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 29th November 1900 at Pretoria.

STEVENS

G

Private, Royal Army Medical Corps Volunteers

STEWARD

E

Private, 1st Kings Dragoon Guards

STOCK

William James

Private 4745, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill, aged 21; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa. Born 7th October 1879, in Cambridge, son of Fred and Caroline Stock. Served in the Cambridgeshire Territorial Regiment which was allied to the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment. See also Cambridge Boer War

STOLLERY

William

Private 2573, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

STURGEON

G

Lance Corporal 2602, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (15th Mounted Infantry). Died of disease 30th April 1902 at Wynberg.

STUTLEY

W

Private, Suffolk Regiment - possibly there is Edward Stutley, 1295, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 16th June 1900 at Kroonstad.

SYMONDS

W

Private, Essex Regiment

TABOR

William Ernest

[Listed as E TABOR on memorial] Private 41909, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 14-11-1901 at Krugersdorp. From Cambridge. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

TAYLOR

R

Private 5244, Suffolk Regiment (15th Mounted Infantry). Killed by lightning 10th November 1901 near Senekal.

TAYLOR

W

Private, Suffolk Regiment

THOMPSON

Frederick

Private 2102, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa. From Shingay, Cambridgeshire. See also Cambridge Boer War Memorial

THOMPSON

William Gordon

Captain, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Prisoner of war 6th January 1900, Colesberg, Died (suicide, temporarily insane) at Pretoria, 9th June 1900, age 34.

Thomson.- Capt. William Gordon Thomson, 1st Batt. Suffolk Regt., died suddenly at Pretoria on June 9th, 1900, He was born Oct., 1865, entered the Connaught Rangers May, 1885, being transferred to the Suffolk Regt. in the same month, and was promoted capt. Nov., 1894. Capt. Thomson had been adjutant of his battalion from Aug., 1895, to Aug., 1899. He accompanied the 1st battalion of his Regiment to South Africa in Nov., 1899, and served with it in the north of Cape Colony, and afterwards in the O.R.C. and Transvaal.

Sources: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner.

THORNHILL

E

Private 4996, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 22nd May 1901 at Middelburg.

TOOKE

R

Private 4679, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 9th March 1901 at Elandsfontein.

TUFFS

Thomas

Private 6522, Volunteer Company, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 9th June 1900 at Kroonstad.

TURNER

H

Sergeant, Royal Inniskilling Fusliers

VAUGHAN

John

Private, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

WALDEN

J

Drummer 2672, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 26th December 1900 at Aliwal North.

WALLACE

Henry

Private 2721, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

WARD

John

Private 5366, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 2nd November 1900 at Middelburg.

WATLING

Walter

Private 2739, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Prisoner of war 6th January 1900 at Colesberg; died of disease 15th April 1900 at Pretoria.

WATSON

A

Private 647, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 14th November 1901 at Krugersdorp.

WATSON

Arthur John

Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill, age 46; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

Watson.—Lieut.-Col. Arthur John Watson, p.s.c., 1st Batt. Suffolk Regt., was killed in action near Rensburg, Jan. 6th, 1900. He was born in June, 1853, and entered the 12th Foot in Aug., 1873, being promoted capt. April, 1883, major Oct., i886, and lieut.-col. Sept., 1898. He was instructor of musketry to his battalion from Feb., i88o, to Jan., 1883. He served with the Bechuanaland Expedition under Sir Charles Warren, 1884-85, as brigade-major, and was mentioned in despatches. He was employed with the Egyptian Army from Feb., 1886, to the following Sept. He took part in the Hazara Expedition in i888 as brigade-major to the First Column, under Brigadier-General Channer, was mentioned in despatches and received the medal with clasp. He also served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low, in 1897, as road commandant on the lines of communications, receiving the medal with clasp. Lieut.-Col. Watson was D.A.A.G. in Bengal from July, 1889, to Feb., 1896. He obtained command of the 1st Batt. Suffolk Regt. in Sept., 1898, and took the battalion to South Africa in Nov., 1899. He fell in a night attack on the enemy who held a kopje which formed the key to their position round the town of Colesberg. The Boers, who were apparently well informed of our intended attack, opened fire and Lieut. Col. Watson was killed early in the fight. A monument has been erected at Colesberg in memory of all those who fell in this engagement.

Sources: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner.

WEBB

Thomas

Private 2276, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Missing in action, died of wounds 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

WHITE

Cecil Arbuthnot

Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill, aged 25; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

White.- Lieut. Cecil Arbuthnot White, 1st Batt. Suffolk Regt., was killed in action near Rensburg, Jan. 6th, 1900. He was the youngest son of Robert Holmes White, Esq., of io, Devonshire Place, W., and Boulge Hall, Woodbridge. He was born Aug., 1874, educated at Eton (Mr. Durnford’s), and entered the Suffolk Regt. from the 3rd Batt. Derbyshire Regt. in May, 1897, being promoted lieut. March, 1899. Lieut. White accompanied his battalion to South Africa in Nov., 1899, and served with it in the north of Cape Colony until killed.

Sources: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner.

WILKINS

Francis Alfred Pressland

[Memorial lists him as Lieutenant & Adjutant] Captain & Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 on Suffolk Hill; commemorated on Suffolk Hill Memorial, Colesberg, South Africa.

Wilkins—Capt. Francis Alfred Pressland Wilkins, Suffolk Regt., was killed in action near Rensburg, Jan. 6th, 1900. He was the only son of Alfred Wilkins, Esq., of 43, Earl’s Court Square, S.W., and was born in April, 1871. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Paris, and passed into the Royal Military College at the head of the list. When leaving Sandhurst he passed out with Honours, and entered the Suffolk Regt. in May, 1892, being promoted lieut. June, 1895, and Capt. August, 1899. He had been adjutant of his battalion since Jan., 1899, and was qualified as an interpreter in French, German, and Italian. Capt. Wilkins embarked for South Africa with his battalion in Nov., 1899, and served with it in the north of Cape Colony until killed.

Sources: "The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902" by Mildred G Dooner.

WILLIS

C

Private, Rifle Brigade

WILSON

Charles

Private 4281, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 7th July 1900 at Germiston.

WILSON

H H

Private 1249, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Colesberg. From Cambridge. See also Cambridge Boer War memorial.

WOODGATE

A

Private 4298, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 8th February 1901 at Middelburg.

WOODS

G

Private, Suffolk Regiment

WOOLARD

W S

Private 763, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 26-12-1900, Pretoria. From Kirtling, Cambridgeshire. See also Cambridge Boer War memorial and Ipswich Boer War Memorial.

WRIGHT

P

Private 4356, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of disease 9th March 1902 at Johannesburg.

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