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3rd
(Cambs) Volunteer Btn, Suffolk Rgt - Men who served in Volunteer Service
Coy in South Africa
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.
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Capt
George Frederick Whitmore
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Cambridge,
commanded Active Service Coy. ,
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Lt
Percy L Hudson.
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Rev
William Thomas Rupert Crookham
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Acting-chaplain,
Haddenham. Not initially accepted, but left for front in May 1900.
Returned from South Africa as chaplain on a hospital ship.
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Clr-Sgt
H A Loader
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No
46, G coy 3rd VB, March - appointed pay sgt.
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(Cpl)
Sgt Alfred E Pitstow
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Saffron
Walden, I coy 3rd VB, became No 6532 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Cpl
Tommy Oldfield
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F
coy 3rd VB, Whittlesey (lived Delph St), became 6533 Suffolk Vol
Service Coy.
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Pte
S Andrews
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Cambridge,
D coy 3rd VB, became 6534 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
A T E Barnard
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H
coy 3rd VB, Ely, became 6535 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
W C Billing
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Cambridge,
B coy 3rd VB, became 6536 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
G Bowyer
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Cambridge,
C coy 3rd VB, became 6537 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
S Collins
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Cambridge,
A coy 3rd VB, became 6538 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
Thomas Dellar
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Cambridge,
C coy 3rd VB, became 6539 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
T G Elborn
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Cambridge,
A coy 3rd VB, became 6540 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
L C Fromant
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Cambridge,
D coy 3rd VB, became 6541 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
A W Halls
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Cambridge,
D coy 3rd VB, became 6542 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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L/Cpl
J B Haynes
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F
coy 3rd VB, Whittlesey (lived Station Rd), became 6543 Suffolk Vol
Service Coy.
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Pte
Frederick Charles King
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Saffron
Walden, I coy 3rd VB. Listed Cambs Boer War Memorial, Great St Mary's,
Cambridge; 3rd (Cambs)VB, Suffolk Regiment. Probably became 6544?, Suffolk
Vol Service Coy.
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(Pte)
L/Cpl O Liles
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Cambridge,
A coy 3rd VB, became 6545 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
J Measures
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Cambridge,
No 1555, B coy 3rd VB, & became 6546 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
A C Mole
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Cambridge,
B coy 3rd VB, became 6547 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
F Moore
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Cambridge,
C coy 3rd VB, became 6548 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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(L/Cpl)
Sgt Ben Pooley
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Cambridge,
A coy 3rd VB, became 6549 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
S Chapman
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H
coy 3rd VB, Ely, became 6550 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
A Richardson
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H
Coy 3rd VB, Ely, became 6551 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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L/Cpl
C W Rudd
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F
coy 3rd VB, Whittlesey (lived Delph St), became 6552 Suffolk Vol
Service Coy.
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(Pte)
L/Cpl A J Ryan
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Saffron
Walden, I coy 3rd VB, became 6553 Suffolk Vol Service Coy, (trans
Connaught Rangers).
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(Pte)
L/Cpl R Stafford
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G
Coy 3rd VB, March, became 6554 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
L T Stoakley
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Cambridge,
A coy 3rd VB, became 6555 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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(Pte)
L/Cpl E E Swann
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A
coy 3rd VB, Cambridge (formerly HCompany, Ely), became 6556 Suffolk
Vol Service Coy.
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(Pte)
L/Cpl F Warrington?
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Cambridge,
B coy 3rd VB, became 6557 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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Pte
H F Waters
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Cambridge,
B coy 3rd VB, became 6558 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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L/Cpl
W B Westley
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Cambridge,
A coy 3rd VB, became 6559 Suffolk Vol Service Coy.
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OTHERS
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Cpl
A Wilkinson
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H
coy 3rd VB, Ely, became 6589 Suffolk Vol Service Coy (joined Vol
Service Coy with draft at Middleburg, July 1900).
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Pte
Bacchus
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Cambridge.
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Pte
C F Cullum
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H
Coy, Ely.,
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Pte
Davies
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Saffron
Walden, volunteered but not accepted for overseas.
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Pte
Hunt
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Cambridge.
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Pte
Linsdale/Lindsell
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Saffron
Walden.
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Pte
G H Reed
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Cambridge.
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2nd
service coy 1901-02.
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Sgt
W H Rickwood
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H
Coy 3rd VB.
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