The names of Shirburnians known to have served in the South African Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902.
Casualties are marked with an *
Charles James ADDISON (1854-1929) (School House 1868-71), Surgeon-Major, R.A.M.C., 1899-1900.
Reginald Vincent Kempenfelt APPLIN (1869-1957) (School House 1883-86), District Commissioner of Bloemfontein (despatches 2, DSO).
Charles Arthur ARMSTRONG (1873-1915) (Abbeylands 1887-89), Lieutenant, Northumberland Fusiliers.
William Herbert ATKINSON (1877-1931) (The Green 1892-94), Dublin Imperial Yeomanry.
Arthur Joseph BARRY (1873-1920) (Price’s 1888-92), Grahamstown Mounted Infantry/Marshall’s Horse.
Richard Alan BARRY (1874-1949) (Price’s 1888-90), Captain, Grahamstown Mounted Infantry/Grahamstown Mounted Corps.
Charles Gerard BARTON (1860-1919) (School House 1873-78), Captain, Royal Lancashire Regiment.
Walter Lindsay BARTON (1878-1953) (The Green 1892-95), Trooper, Hampshire Yeomanry.
Arthur Henry BATHURST (1873-1936) (School House 1886-90), served in the South African War, 1900-02.
William Henry BEAUMONT (1851-1930) (Foundationer 1862-67), Commandant, Pietermaritzburg, South African War, 1899-1900, Puisne Judge of Supreme Court of Natal, 1902.
*Hugh Hill BELL (1873-1900) (Abbeylands 1887-89), Trooper, Cape Mounted Rifles. Killed during the first night attack on 10 April 1900 at Jammerberg Drift, Wepener, South Africa, aged 26.
Ferdinando Wallis BENNET (1850-1929) (School House 1862-67), Lt. Col., Royal Engineers. A.A.G. on Lord Roberts’ line of communication.
Arthur Cameron BINNIE-CLARK (1874-1921) (Town/day boy 1888-89), Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry.
James Henry Robinson BOND (1871-1943) (The Green 1884-87), Lieutenant, R.A.M.C.
William James BOWKER (1869-1931) (Harper House 1880-85), Captain, Somerset Light Infantry.
Thomas McGhie BRIDGES (1873-1930) (School House 1886-90), Lieutenant, North Lancashire Regiment (wounded).
Henry BROADMEAD (1861-1927) (School House 1872-79), Captain, 1st Essex Regiment (wounded).
John Blacker Whitla BUCHANAN (1863-1933) (Abbey House 1877-79), Surgeon-Major, R.A.M.C.
Christopher Reginald BUCKLE (1862-1952) (The Green 1875-80), served in the South African War (despatches, DSO).
Herbert John BUCKMASTER (1881-1966) (Abbeylands 1896-1900), Trooper, Imperial Light Horse, 1900-1901.
William Beverley BUCKNALL (1871-1926), Captain, Worcestershire Regiment, commanding a Company of Worcestershire Volunteers.
*Hugh Arnold BRYANT (1867-1900) (Price’s 1882-84), Civil Surgeon, R.A.M.C. Died while on service of enteric fever on 7 June 1900 at Bloemfontein, Western Cape, South Africa.
Claud Willie Wemyss CARBERY (1871-1947) (The Green 1887-89), wounded at Dundee.
Lewis Adolphus de Vic CAREY (1871-1936) (Abbey House 1885-87), Captain, Imperial Yeomanry/Devon Yeomanry, 1899-1900.
Spencer Colin CAREY (1870-1936) (Abbeylands 1885-87), Colonial Defence Force.
Herbert Dudley CARLTON (1878-1966) (School House 1892-94), Royal Scots.
Thomas Arthur CHALK (1861-1931) (Abbeylands 1878-80), Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry, 1900.
Frank CHATTERIS (1876-1949) (School House 1891), Trooper with Lord Maitland’s Roughriders/Imperial Yeomanry.
*Henry Douglas Pellew CLOSE (1879-1900) (School House 1892-95), Trooper, 51st Company Imperial Yeomanry (Paget’s Horse). Died of enteric fever at Kimberley, South Africa on 31 July 1900, aged 20.
George Leslie COCHRANE (1872-1943) (Abbeylands 1882-91), Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
Charles Howell Grosett COLLINS (1882-1954) (Town/day boy 1900), D.C.L.I.
Henry CONNOP (1866-1932) (School House 1880-85), served in the South African War, 1900.
Duncan Edward CURME (1871-1934) (The Green 1887-89), Lieutenant, R.A.M.C.
Wilfried Yelverton DAWSON (1871-1915) (Prices 1886-89), South African Contingent Imperial Yeomanry.
Henry Robert Gordon DEACON (1871-1944) (Wildman’s 1886-89), Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers.
*Harold Wake DE ROUGEMONT (1877-1900) (Abbeylands 1891-96), Captain, South African Light Horse. Died on 24 January 1900 at Chieveley, South Africa from wounds he received in action the previous day at Spion Kop, South Africa, aged 23.
Harold Evory DICKINSON (1872-1924) (School House 1884-87), Dublin Imperial Yeomanry. Taken prisoner at Lindley on 10 June.
Benjamin Donisthorpe Alsop DONNE (1859-1907), Lt.-Col., 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment.
Henry Richard Beadon DONNE (1860-1949) (Abbeylands 1873-78), Lt.-Col., 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
Stopford Cyril DOUGLAS (1883-1928) (Town/day boy 1897-98), Naval Cadet on HMS Doris, at Cape Town.
Ivor Evelyn DRAPER (1874-1901) (Wildman’s 1887-1891), Private, Paget’s Horse Imperial Yeomanry. Died 14 November 1901 at Harrismith, Free State, South Africa.
Wilfred Arthur DUNCOMBE (now DUNCOMBE-ANDERSON) (1871-1952) (School House 1885-89), Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry and 6th Dragoon Guards, 1900-02.
Leonard EDWARDS (1884-1906) (The Green 1898-1901), Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Regiment.
William ELTON (later MARWOOD-ELTON) (1865-1931) (Abbey House 1879-85), Captain, 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment/Welsh Regiment?
*Thomas Flower FLOWER-ELLIS (1869-1900) (The Green 1879-85), Lieutenant, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry. Killed in action at Spion Kop, South Africa on 24 January 1900, aged 30.
Richard William FORD (1857-1925) (Harper House 1874-75), Major, R.A.M.C.
Aylmer George GALLOWAY (1877-1956) (School House 1892-94), A.S.C.
Hugh Gilbert GREGORIE (1878-1931) (School House 1893-97).
Philip Hugh GWYTHER (1878-1917) (Town/day boy 1892-93), Lieutenant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Charles Austin Alers HANKEY (1868-1950) (School House 1882-86), served in South African War, 1900-01.
Sandford Raymond Alers HANKEY (1874-1952) (School House 1888-92), 3rd Dragoon Guards.
*Lionel Dalton HARDY (1875-1901) (Prices 1889-90), Cape Mounted Police, South African Field Force. Killed in action near Kimberley, South Africa on 2 June 1901, aged 26.
William Lionel HICHENS (1874-1940) (Assistant Master Michaelmas 1898-Michaelmas 1899), City Imperial Volunteers (CIV).
Thomas Ernest HULBERT (1879-1943) (Abbeylands 1895-97), Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment.
Herbert Joseph HUNT (1873-1965) (Abbey House 1888-91), Lance-Corporal, South Notts Imperial Yeomanry. Hussars.
Edgar Assheton IREMONGER (1862-1953) (Abbeylands 1878-81), Durham L.I., 1899-1902.
Alfred Henry Cotes JAMES (1873-1947) (Prices 1887-90), Lieutenant, 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, attached to Royal Scots Regiment (despatches 2).
Elliot Michael JAMIESON (1873-1930) (Abbey House 1888-91).
Robert Hastings KENDLE (1876-1915) (Price’s 1890).
Ernest Hasell KING (1859-1946) (Prices 1870-75), Dorset Yeomanry, 1900.
Sir Godfrey LAGDEN (1851-1934) (Foundationer/day boy 1860-61), colonial administrator in South Africa from 1877-1907, principally in Basutoland (now Lesotho) as Assistant Resident Commissioner and Resident Commissioner.
Harold Emmott LARGE (1880-1915) (Harper House 1895-99), Lieutenant, 4th Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment.
Ronald George LEGGE (1878-1914) (School House 1892-96), Imperial Yeomanry.
Gerald LEWIS (1869-1920) (Wildmans 1883-85), Captain, 74th Battery Royal Artillery (wounded).
*Vernon LEWIS (1871-1900) (Wildman’s 1883-89), Brevet-Major, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, Natal Field Force. Killed in action at the storming of Pieters Hill, South Africa on 27 February 1900, aged 28.
*Richard Gordon Beresford LOVETT (1870-1900), Captain, 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South African Field Force. Died on 6 May 1900 of wounds on at Callerberg while gallantly leading his company, aged 30.
*Henry Charles LUMSDEN (1873-1900) (School House 1887-990), Trooper, no.2 Section of Lumsden’s Horse, South African Field Force. Killed in action at Thaba ‘Nchu, South Africa on 30 April 1900, aged 26.
Hugh Michell LUTTMAN-JOHNSON (1873-1960) (School House 1888-92), Trooper, Diamond Light Horse (wounded).
*Douglas Kinneir MACDONALD (1867-1901) (Price’s 1880-83)., 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. One of the relieving force which entered Mafeking on 17 May 1900, and afterwards one of Colonel Hore’s 300 Colonial troops which defended an immense convoy when surrounded by 3000 Boers under Delaney. Died of enteric fever on 12 February 1901 near Pretoria, South Africa, aged 33.
*Richard Henry West MANDERS (1872-1900) (Harper House 1888-90), Private, Thorneycroft’s Horse/Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, killed during the Battle of Spion Kop on 24 January 1900.
Herbert Rochfort MCCULLAGH (1881-1957) (School House 1894-99), Northumberland Yeomanry (despatches).
Edward Henry MCENERY (1875-1924) (Town/day boy 1890-94), Dorset Yeomanry/Imperial Yeomanry.
John Aloysius MCENERY (1877-1914) (Town/day boy 1890-94), Royal Engineers.
Count Frederick Robert Wyndham METAXA (1878-1918) (Abbeylands 1893), Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1899 (severely wounded 1900)
Hugh Brooke MOCKETT (1880-1965) (Harper House 1895-97), 4th Hussars.
Charles Carmichael MONRO (1860-1929) (School House 1871-76), Major, 2nd Battalion Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment D.A.A.G. 6th Division (despatches, brevet Lieut.-Col.).
Thomas Francis MURRAY (1873-1914) (School House 1887-91), Malakand FF, 1898-1899, served in the South African War where “he beguiled his captivity at Pretoria by rewriting Tacitus’ Annals from memory in the best Latin he could muster”.
William Leslie Gerald NANTES (1879-1941) (School House 1893-96), West Kent Troop Imperial Yeomanry, 1899-1902. Wounded slightly on 21 April 1901 near Blauwater.
George Bent OLLIVANT (1877-1942) (School House 1893-94), Lieutenant, 12th Lancers.
*Arthur ORMOND (1862-1901) (Price’s 1877-80), Lieutenant, Imperial Light Horse. Killed in action at Naauwpoort, South Africa on 3 or 5 January 1901, aged 38.
Thomas ORMSBY (1871-1942) (Price’s 1884), Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.
Claud Frederick Pilkington PARRY (1870-1918) (Harper House 1884-86), Captain, Royal Artillery.
Gilbert Pilkington PARRY (1871-1945) (Harper House 1884-86), Sergeant-Major, Natal Mounted Rifles, later Captain Rand Rifles.
Llewyn PARTRIDGE (1878-1945) (The Green 1892-97), 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1899 (despatches).
Graham PEDDIE (1872-1954) (The Green 1886-89), Lumsden’s Horse.
Walter George PEDLER (1871-1955) (Price’s 1887), B.S.A. Mounted Police, Bulawayo.
Tom PITT (1868-1903) (Harper House 1880-83), Medical Officer, Diamond Fields Light Horse. Died at New Kleinfontein, South Africa on 4 January 1903, aged 34.
Roger Alvin POORE (1870-1917) (Abbeylands 1885-89).
William Wippell POPE (1857-1926) (Abbey House 1871-73), Surgeon-Major, R.A.M.C. at Ladysmith, 1899-1902.
Lewis Dudley Paul POTTER (1866-1920) (Abbey House 1881-82), Lieutenant, W. Australian Mounted Infantry (wounded 29 May at the Vaal).
Richard Gerald Maunsell PRICHARD (1876-1918) (The Green 1899-94), Glamorganshire Regiment.
William Oliver PRICHARD (1879-1960) (The Green 1892-97), Lieutenant, South Wales Borderers (despatches).
Herbert Owain PUGH (1874-1954) (Price’s 1888-89), Lieutenant, Lumsden’s Corps/Lumsden’s Horse (DSO), 1900.
Arnold Daniel RADFORD (1875-1937) (School House 1888-94), Lumsden’s Horse, 1899-1900.
Francis Arthur Montague RAWES (1882-1960) (School House 1895-1900), Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry (wounded).
Adrian Aubrey Charles REID-TAYLOR (1876-1915) (School House 1889-94), Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, attached to Mounted Infantry (wounded, despatches).
Charles Randolph RINTOUL (1871-1953) (School House 1884-91), Acting C.F., South African War, 1901.
Edward Chesters ROGERSON (1868-1934) (Abbey House 1884-87), Captain and Hon. Major, Cardigan Artillery.
Geoffrey Nowell SALMON (1871-1954) (Wildman’s 1885-89), Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, attached to Mounted Infantry (despatches)
*Charles Algernon SEATON (1869-1900) (Harper House 1884-86), Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry, British South Africa Police. Died of enteric fever at Gweru (formerly Gwelo), South Africa on 2 February 1900, aged 30.
Horace Mackenzie SMITH (1870-1945) (School House 1884-87), K.S.L.I., 1899-1902 (wounded, despatches, DSO).
Frank William SOPPER (1879-1950) (Abbeylands 1893-98), 18th Hussars.
Alexander Young SPEARMAN (1874-1911) (The Green 1888-90), Captain, 3rd Battalion Warwickshire Regiment, 1902 (despatches).
James Douglas STANDEN (1855-1921), Major, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Frederick Archer STEPHENS (1872-1946) (Price’s 1885-88), R.A.M.C., 1899-1902.
Herbert Travers TAMPLIN (1853-1925) (School House 1863-69), 1st City Grahamstown Volunteers, 1899.
Richard Wentworth TAYLOR (1868-1911) (Abbeylands 1884-86), 3rd Bn. Welsh Regiment, 1900, Hon. Major 1902.
*Robert Alexander TAYLOR (1870-1900) (Abbey House 1883-87), Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry, killed in action in 1900.
Arthur Cecil TEMPERLEY (1877-1940) (School House 1891-96).
Vere Broke THURSTON (1877-1957) (Harper House 1891-95), Paget’s Horse/Imperial Yeomanry.
George Andrew TUCKER (1868-1936) (The Green 1879-85), Sergeant with Colonel Plumer’s Force in Rhodesia/ Rhodesian Horse, Matabele War.
*Richard Wartyr WALDY (1868-1900) (School House 1879-87), Captain, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 22 February 1900 of wounds received at Paardeberg, South Africa on 18 February 1900, aged 31.
Richard Lancelot WALLER (1875-1961) (School House 1887-90), Lieutenant, Royal Engineers.
Reginald William WALLER (1876-1914) (School House 1889-90), with Colonel Baden-Powell’s Force at Mafeking, 1899-1900.
William WATTS (1857-1922) (Abbey House 1872-74), Major, 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (despatches 2, CB).
Edmund Algernon WILSON (1879-1933) (School House 1893-97), Dorset Yeomanry.
Richard Henry George WILSON (1874-1944) (Abbeylands 1888-90), Lincolnshire Regiment.
Aubrey Brooke WINCH (1883-1951) (Abbeylands 1897-1900), H.L.I, South African War, 1901-02.
John Percy Hillier WINTERSCALE (1874-1909) (Prices 1888-90), served in the South African War at St Helena, 1901-02.
William Hawkes WOODWARD (1862-1933) (Price’s 1877-81), Chinde Natal Carabiniers, 1901.
Alan WYATT-SMITH (1868-1963) (Town/day boy 1880-85), Hampshire Yeomanry/Colonial Defence Force.
Alan Rowley YOUNG (1863-1942) (School House 1878-81), served in the South African War 1899-1902.
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