
ELTHAM
BOER WAR (SOUTH AFRICAN) MEMORIAL
Boer
War - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2019
The
memorial is in the form of a memorial stone, with black lettering,
placed against a wall of the St. John the Baptist churchyard. It has
eight names listed for the South African (Boer) War 1899-1900.
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Photograph
above copyright © Paul Noakes 2019
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SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
THE UNDERNAMED
NON-COMMD OFFICERS AND MEN
WHO DIED
IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR
DUTY
DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
1899-1902
BOULTBEE |
Philip
Duncan |
Corporal
24487, 22nd (Cheshire) Company, 2 Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry.
Died of disease on 19 December 1901 at Aliwal North. Born in January
to March Quarter 1879 in the Croydon Registration District, Surrey.
Mother's maiden name Barber. |
GIBBARD |
Walter |
Private
2743, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars attached to 2nd Dragoons (Royal
Scots Greys) and 2 Remounts. Died Disease on 15 May 1901 at Johannesburg.
Married Clara Edith Gunner (born 21 March 1863, Woodham Mortimer)
resident Ivy Villa, 128 Woodside Road, Sidcup, Kent. As a widow
she received a pension of 5s weekly. |
HARRISON |
Thomas
Edward |
Private
7491, 36th Company (West Kent), 11 Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry.
Died of disease on 26 December 1900 at Winburg. |
HOWLETT |
Charles
Frederick |
Private
3672, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed on 11 December 1899
at Magersfontein. Baptised 14 May 1871 in Eltham, St John the Baptist,
son of Stephen and Maria Howlett. In the 1881 census he was aged
10, born Mottingham, Kent, a scholar, son of Stephen and Maria Howlett,
resident 4, Messeter Place, Eltham, Lewisham, London & Kent. |
LONEY |
W
H |
[Memorial
states Sergeant Major] Sergeant 326, New South Wales Army Medical
Corps. Died of enteric on 29 July 1900 at Frankfort. |
LYNN-SMART |
Arthur |
Sergeant
10286, 56th (Buckinghamshire) Company, 15 Battalion, Imperil Yeomanry.
Wounded on 21 July 1901 at Gannabridge, died of those wounds on
23 July 1901. |
WAIN |
J |
Private
7000, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess
Louise's). Killed on 28 November 1899 at Modder River. |
WAIN |
R |
Lance
Corporal 6945, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise's). Killed on 18 February 1900 at Paardeberg. |
LEST
WE FORGET
Last
update
8 June, 2019
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