EASTWOOD
BOER WAR MEMORIAL
South African (Boer
War) - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Dai Bevan 2008
The Eastwood
South African (Boer) War memorial tablet, to those who fought in South
Africa 1899-1902, was unveiled at Eastwood Church in 1904, but it
is believed that this was eventually lost in the fire of 1963 that
destroyed most of the church. No pictures exist but from the Eastwood
& Kimberley Advertiser there is a note to say that it was
erected by the Eastwood and District Associated Trades Guild and situated
on the South wall of the church. It read:
To
the memory of the men of Eastwood and Greasley
who fought in the South African War 1899-1902.
Their names are as follows:
| Killed |
|
|
| CHARLESWORTH |
Thomas
H |
Private
4311, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action
at De Klipdrift, Gt Harts River 7th March 1902. Buried in Ottosdal.
|
| GILBOURNE |
James |
[Listed
as GILBORN in "Roll of Honour Imperial Forces Anglo-Boer
War 1899-1902"] Private 5485, 2nd Battalion (28th Mounted
Infantry), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 31st March 1902 at Boschult. Aged 27.
Son of James and Catherine Gilbourne, of Nethergreen Briadge, Eastwood.
Buried in Ottosdal.
From
the Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, 18 April 1902
Deaths
Gilbourne
- On March 31st, Private James Gilbourne, No.5485, 2nd Battalion
Derbyshire Regiment Mounted Infantry, son of James and Catherine
Gilbourne of Nethergreen Bridge, Eastwood, killed at Boschbult,
S.Africa aged 27 years.
Bodies
are interred in the Garden of Remembrance, Ottosdal
|
| WHITE |
George |
Private
5417, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed while on sentry duty at Bank 13th February 1901.
Buried in Olien Park, Potchiefstroom. |
| Died |
|
|
| LEIVERS |
William |
[Spelt
LIEVERS in "Roll of Honour Imperial Forces Anglo-Boer War
1899-1902"] Private, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment). Died of disease. |
| WILMOT |
C
H |
[Listed
as Private in paper and as WILMOTT in "Roll of Honour Imperial
Forces Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902"] Sergeant 4308, 1st Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment).
Died of disease at Bloemfontein 13th April 1900. Buried in President
Avenue, Bloemfontein. |
| Returned
home safe home - Volunteers |
BARBER |
T
P |
Lieutenant |
|
HARBOTTLE |
H |
Corporal |
GOODSON |
W |
Private |
|
NOON |
H |
Private |
| Returned
home safe home - Regular Army |
BARBER |
W |
Lieutenant |
|
MARTIN |
A |
Corporal |
ALTON |
R |
Private |
|
BURROWS |
J |
Private |
HIBBERT |
G |
Private |
|
WRIGHT |
W |
Private |
NAYLOR |
H |
Private |
|
BIRCUMSHAW |
H |
Private |
BUNTON |
T |
Private |
|
CREASY |
W |
Private |
STEVENS |
C |
Private |
|
WORTHINGTON |
A |
Private |
HAZELDINE |
F |
Private |
|
FOWLER |
E |
Private |
SHAW |
W |
Private |
|
STAPLETON |
J |
Private |
EYRE |
D |
Private |
|
GILBOURNE |
R |
Private |
WILLIAMSON |
H |
Private |
Robert
Barber esq. Master 1901-3
Last
updated:
2 October, 2008
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