Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

ROMFORD BOER WAR MEMORIAL

Boer War - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Clare Langley 2005

A brass memorial tablet, on the north wall of St Edwards Church, at Romford to those who died fighting in the Boer War.

Photographs Copyright © Clare Langley 2005

THE ESSEX REGIMENT
1st. VOLUNTEER BATTN.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
PRIVATES
ARTHUR HENRY BROWN. ALFRED COURTNEY.
WILLIAM OSMUND HYETT. ARTHUR ACKLAND PERKINS.
"A" & "B" COMPANIES 1ST. V.B. ESSEX REGT.
WHO DIED SERVING THEIR
QUEEN, KING & COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA,
DURING THE BOER WAR, 1900-1902.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN LOVING REMEMBERANCE
BY THE PRESENT & PAST MEMBERS OF THEIR COMPANIES, 1902.

BROWN	Arthur Henry	Private, 'A' or 'B' Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in South Africa.
COURTNEY	Alfred	Private, 'A' or 'B' Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in South Africa.
HYETT	William Osmund	Private, 'A' or 'B' Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in South Africa.
PERKINS	Arthur Ackland	Private, 'A' or 'B' Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in South Africa.