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The 28th (Bedfordshire) Company of the 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry ~ Compton's Horse
When Lord Alwyne Compton. the Member of Parliament for the Biggleswade area of Bedfordshire discovered that there were no units of the Imperial Yeomanry for Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire he purposed to establish such units. He quickly found as far as Northamptonshire was concerned he was "treading on someone else's corns", so confined himself to recruiting for a Bedfordshire. Yeomanry. Within five days of his announcement in late December 1899, he had received 800-900 applicants. These were quickly winnowed out to 89 who were selected at Bedford during December, and could shoot and had actually sat on a horse. The new unit transferred to Colchester in January 1900 to be mounted and equipped, there they were joined by another 30 or so recruits. A further selection took place at Colchester and a few whose horsemanship on parade before an inspecting General did not come up to scratch were discharged.
The new battalion departed for South Africa from the Royal Albert Docks, London on 7th February 1900 aboard Army Transport Ship No. 85 "Kent".
The press reports capture some of the gung-ho sentiment of the time.

Press Reports


There being no corps of Yeomanry in either Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire, Lord Alwyne Compton. M.P., volunteered and was authorised by the War Office to raise a body of mounted men in connection with these counties for service in South Africa. Within a week of receiving his instructions Lord Alwyne has more applications to join his corps than he can possibly accept.
Leighton Buzzard Observer 2nd January 1900

The hundred horse soldiers who have volunteered to serve under Captain Lord Alwynne Compton M.P., and who were marched from the station on Saturday, were a remarkable body of men. They did not present a very military exterior as they were all in civilian costume ; but they marched well, far, far better than the reserves we sent off three weeks ago. Each man is an accomplished horseman and many are crack shots. Justly proud may Lord Alwynne be of his corps. One of the men is a Newmarket trainer and his presence will be valuable in more ways than one.
The troop will be officered by the gallant M.P. for North Beds. as Captain, and four subalterns - two of whom were present on Saturday, Captain Dundas and the Hon. F. C. Stanley. By this time doubtless,the War Office has appointed the other two although at the time of writing I have not heard of their names.
The men are to be mounted at Colchester: but if there is a chance, without due delay, for Lord Alwynne to show his men in uniform and mounted in the streets of Bedford he will do so. His Lordship highly appreciates the good will that has been shown to him in this gallant effort of his to aid the forces now in South Africa.
Bedfordshire Mercury 5th January 1900

Messrs, W.Woodland, C.V. Tabor, E, Easton, E. Hampton, W. Mumford, and Hollebone are amongst well known steeplechase riders going to South Africa with the Bedfordshire portion of the Imperial Yeomanry.
We understand that Mr. George Bygraves, of Biggleswade, has been requested by Lord Alwyne Compton M.P., the organiser of the Bedfordshire and Northants Corps of the Imperial Yeomanry to procure horses for the men.
Biggleswade Chronicle 5th Jan 1900

William Mumford, the Newmarket trainer and Jockey and George Wilson, head man to Pickering, he trainer, both of whom are members of the Suffolk Yeomanry, have volunteered for service in South Africa
Manchester Courier 2nd January 1900

Lord Derby’s Sons At The War
Lord Stanley, who is the chief press censor with Lord Roberts's army, will shortly have no fewer than four brothers with him at the war, and his parents, Lord and Lady Derby, will have given five soldier sons to the country. Mr. Algernon Francis Stanley has been selected for special service in South Africa. He is a lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards, and the seventh son of Lord and Lady Derby . Mr. Frederick Stanley, the youngest son, is in the 10th Hussars, and Mr. Ferdinand Stanley has just gone out with Compton's Horse. Mr. Arthur Stanley, the member for the Ormskirk Division, is at Capetown, rendering service in connection with the Imperial Yeomanry base.
Lancashire Evening Post 15th February 1900

Among the men who have volunteered for service at the front in South Africa in Lord Alwyne Compton’s Corps of Imperial Yeomanry, and who have been selected as suitable applicants, are Mr. J. Heusham and Harrold Purser, of Biggleswade. The force is being mobilised at Colchester and these two young men left for that place on Thursday morning.
Biggleswade Chronicle 5th Jan 1900

Lord Alwyne Compton M.P. , who asks us to say that his Corps of Mounted Infantry is now complete, and that he regrets he cannot accept any more applications for enlistment.
Bedfordshire Times 12th Jan 1900

Addressing a farewell meeting in Bedford, Lord Alwyne Compton said : “I originally opened recruiting in Bedford about Christmas time. At that time the idea was that the Corps should be open to Northamptonshire as well as Bedfordshire men, but that had to be abandoned, because I found 1 was treading on somebody else's corns, and the result was that I was proud to restrict myself to Bedfordshiremen. The first day a few recruits came in from Bedfordshire,and when it became known I was raising a Corps recruits poured in from elsewhere. The first day I гeceived about 70 applications, the second day 200, and so on until in four or five days I ‏had something like 800 or 900 applicants for116 places (applause), which will give you some idea of the difficulty of eliminating and choosing from them the proper men to go. Of course naturally gave preference to Bedfordshire men,though many of them had not, I am sorry to say,the qualifications which were absolutely necessary for a task of this kind. Some of them thought they could ride, and most of them were not sure if they could shoot or not. They have shot rabbits with a gun, and so on. . Many of them were capital young fellows, sons of farmers, and personally I should be glad to have taken them, for no doubt in some particular line of action they would have made useful soldiers ; but for my work it was absolutely essential I should have men who could ride, for a man who cannot ride in в job of this kind is a danger to himself and his companions. Then the test of shooting had to be a severe one, but there have been disappointments among those who were tested, because after the first preliminary investigations some who told me they could ride failed to pass the General who inspected the Corps and had to be discharged.
Luton Times & Advertiser 9th February 1900

‎Lord Alwyne Compton's Horse
‎DEPARTURE FOR THE CAPE.
‎The Royal Albert Docks were the scene of great activity and keen public interest on Wednesday* No less than four companies of the recently formed Imperial Yeomanry were to leave for South Africa, and the good social position enjoyed by many of the men who, for this were content to rank as troopers ‎rather lose the chance of taking part in war secured the attendance of a crowd of people interested in the “send-off.” The four troops to be despatched were No .28 Company Imperial Yeomanry (Lord Alwyne Compton’s Corps). No.7 Company Leicester Yeomanry, No. 29 Company Denbighshire Yeomanry, and No.16 Company Worcestershire Yeomanry.
The first three of these troops embarked on board the Kent steamship—‎Transport No. 85 on the Admiralty list. She is owned by the Federal Steam Navigation Company, has a tonnage of 5,480, and їв an every way handsomely furnished for passenger accommodation and comfortably and completely fitted out as a transport carrying horses and troops.
*7th February 1900
Luton Times & Advertiser 9th February 1900

Alleged Spies in “Comptons Horse”
As stated in our last issue, Lord Alwyne Compton‏and his merry men left the Albert Dock, London, on Wednesday week, all gay. But when the Kent stopped at Gravesend to discharge her river pilot, by‏ ‎order of the War Office authorities, two young men, brothers, named Buck*, were removed from the ship and taken ashore, much to their astonishment and disgust. No reason was given, simply "orders" was‏ ‎the reply to their queries. It seems that these young‏ ‎fellows volunteered last month for the Imperial Yeomanry and, after passing the necessary tests,were appointed to the company already named, with‏ ‎whom they went through a short course of drill,‏ Both are said to have professed themselves to be‏ well acquainted with South Africa On Wednesday morning these men appeared with ‎the rest of their khaki-clad comrades at the Royal‏ Albert Docks, and proceeded on board the Kent,‏ ‎which sailed during the afternoon. But somebody‏‎ in authority appears to have thought it extremely‏ ‎suspicious that any two men professing to have a‏‎knowledge of the Transvaal should have volunteered‏‎for service against the Boers, and as the result of instructions sent to Chief Constable Thornton, of ‎Gravesend, the Kent was boarded by the police, and‏ ‎the two suspected yeomen removed, their passage up‏ ‎the High-street from the pier to the police office ‎being watched by в curious crowd. After a brief ‏‎detention, the suspected men were handed over to‏ ‎Colonel Knight, acting on behalf of the military ‎authorities, and taken to the Milton Barracks close‏‎by, where up to last evening they remained doing‏ ‎duty as ordinary soldiers, and awaiting the decision ‎of the powers that be.
The reasons which led to‎their detention are veiled in official reticence,
*Miles BUCK, age 26 from Bolton an engineer & Stephen. BUCK age 24 also from Bolton a fitter
Luton Times 9th Feb 1900.
They were apparently innocent of the accusation, their father was able to prove that they had been in South Africa with him for some years, he having volunteered for the Basutoland conflict of 1880/81. Both records noted “Discharged in accordance with W.O letter of 23rd February 1900. Both returned to South Africa post war and died there Stephen 1915 & Miles 1935.

OFFICERS

COMPTON Alwyne Frederick C.B. D.S.O.
Captain
Born 5th June 1855, son of Admiral William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton & Eliza Elliot, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot K.C.B.
Member of Parliament 1895-1906 & 1910-1911
Died 16 December 1911 aged 56
31st Foot as a sub-lieutenant on 18 March 1874.
Grenadier Guards on 12 May 1875
10th Hussars on 20 August 1879.
Sudan 1884, fought at El Teb and Tamai.
He reigned from the army 20 October 1886
Appointed a captain on 17 February1900 ~ 28th (Bedfordshire) Company of the 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry.
War Office, September 27, 1901
The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointment to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
To be a Companion of the Order of the Bath.Captain Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton
The London Gazette September 27, 1901.
Imperial Yeomanry. Bedfordshire, Brevet Major Frank Shuttleworth, late 7th Hussars, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to command under paragraph. 82 Yeomanry Regulations. Dated 19th September, 1901. Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton, D.S.O., late Captain Imperial Yeomanry, to be Major.
The London Gazette ,October 4, 1901.

DUNDAS George William
Lieutenant
Enlisted 30th December 1899, Bedford, initially as Trooper 14909
Residence 81, Victoria Road, Bedford
Previously Lieutenant 1st Bedfordshire Regiment & Captain 20th Hussars (London Gazette 13th February 1900)
George William Dundas, born. at Dundas Castle, Dalmeny, West Lothian, Scotland
on 30 March 1868 and served in the 1st Bedfordshire Regiment and 20th Hussars. Не married at St. Peter’s Church, Dublin, on 17 August 1889, to Isabella Louise, daughter of William Henry Head, of Derrylahan Park, Parsonstown, Ireland, and died at Limetz, France, on 8th October 1929. He was the father of Aileen Isabel Dundas, born оп 12 August 1890.
Red Book of Scotland Volume 4 Dud-Gra

HAMILTON Gavin George
Lieutenant
Volunteered 17th February 1900
Lord Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, KT, CVO, MC, L.d'H
Born 29 June 1872 – Died 23 June 1952
Commissioned 30th March 1892 as second lieutenant in the Scots Guards resigned 20th March 1897, then Honorary Captain in the Army Reserve.

STANLEY Ferdinand Charles The Hon. K.T. C.M.G D.S.O.
[Son of Lord Derby]
Lieutenant ~~ Attached from Grenadier Guards
Born 28th January 1871 Died 17th March 1935
Subaltern Grenadier Guards Nile Expedition in 1898.
1899- 1901 attached Imperial Yeomanry, Mentioned in despatches.
Promoted Captain in the Grenadier Guards.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1900
First World War, Mentioned in despatches
Awarded the Commandeur, Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur.
Appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1918.
Retired with the Honorary rank of Brigadier-General.
Captain the Honourable F. C. Stanley Grenadier Guards (attached Imperial Yeomanry) mentioned in despatches. 10th September 1901 from from Field Marshal Earl Roberts, K.G

WELLESLEY Henry Arthur Mornington, 3rd Earl Cowley
Lieutenant
Born 14th January 1866. Lord Cowley died at Draycot House in Wiltshire on 15th January 1919, at age 53.
Captain in the Wiltshire Regiment, Lieutenant in 1893 in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

WILSON George 24 Edinburgh Jockey
Lieutenant
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899, initially as Trooper No. 10 then 14999
Sergeant 6th January 1901
Commissioned Lieutenant 7th January 1901
Probably the, famous in his day, northern-based National Hunt jockey who rode a total of 74 winners between 1895 and 1910, gaining by far his biggest success when winning the 1902 Scottish Grand National on ‘Canter Hom’. (1876-1927). Why a jockey was elevated to Lieutenant amongst the Earls and Lords is probably due to his fame and employment at Newmarket where Lt. Stanley’s father, Lord Derby, whose own grandfather was a sponsor for the Epsom Derby, was involved in Newmarket and in 1903 built the famous Stanley House Stables, now the Godolphin Stables
Born Edinburgh November 1875
Died 1927
Residence on enlistment Kentford, Suffolk.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN

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ALLEN Glendower 22 Kilburn Estate Agent
Enlisted Bedford 1st January 1900 initially as Private No. 12 subsequently14891
Lance Corporal
Discharged on completion of his period of engagement 15th June 1901
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Born 22nd July 1877 at Kilburn, London, the son of William Henry ALLEN, a civil engineer (1844–1926) & Anne Mary Pemberton HOWELL (1846–1886), of Glenville Road, Marylebone, subsequently of Bromham House, Bedford.
Educated Stubbington House Naval College, Farnham. Hampshire.
Arrived Canada 1906
Died 27th March 1957, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

ALEXANDER Digby Cayley
Enlisted Colchester 18th January 1900 initially as Private No. Private 113 subsequently 14892
Occupation shown as Master Mariner
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 7th December 1900
Queens South Africa Medal
Born October 1876 Malton, Yorkshire, the son of Walter Cayley ALEXANDER (1850–1904) a brewer, & Helen CARTER (1841– 1923)
Died 12th February 1909, presumed drowned, amongst the 75 crew & passengers lost when SS Penguin a New Zealand inter-island ferry steamer sank off the southwest coast of Wellington

ARTHUR George Frederick Neale
Enlisted Colchester 17th January 1900 initially as Private No. 114 subsequently 14893
Previously 1st Lieutenant West of Scotland Militia
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 11th December 1900
Queens South Africa Medal
Acting Captain Kings 3rd South Africa Rifles 1915-1918
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Born 10th April 1878 the son of George Arthur ARTHUR (1851 India ~ 1878 London) Gentleman & Helen THOMSON (15 Jan 1854 Cathcart Renfrewshire ~16 Apr 1878 London) of Queens Gate, Kensington
Died 16th January 1939

B

BARNARD Arthur John 21 Gloucester Clerk
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 initially as Private No. 13 subsequently14894
Occupation shown as ‘clerk’
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
King’s South Africa Medal ~ 1902 clasp.
Discharged on completion of his period of engagement 30th September 1902
Forwarding address Box 3791
Captain South Africa Service Corps 9th September 1914
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Lieutenant Colonel 9th March 1920
Born June 1878 at Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, the son of Christopher John BARNARD (1834– 1910 ) a retired Army Major, & Constance Elizabeth Rebecca Georgiana CHICHESTER (1852–1923) of Apersley House, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire.
Died France 1928, interred Cimetière Communal de Ste. Marguerite Nice, Département des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence.

BLACKSTONE Joseph William 33 St. Pancras None
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 initially as Private No. 14 subsequently 14890
No occupation ~ private means
Discharge at his own request from further service in connection with the war in South Africa 15th July 1901
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Born spring 1865 in Kensington, London the son of Joseph BLACKSTONE (1838–1903) a surgeon & general practitioner & Elizabeth GODRICH (1835–1904) of Gloucester Road, Kensington.
Died 1924 Steyning, Sussex

BLACKWELL Arthur George 28 Dharwar, India Mining Engineer
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 initially as Private No. 15 subsequently 14896
Occupation ‘mining engineer’
Discharged on completion of his period of engagement 15th June 1901
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Born 1872 Dharwar, India the son of George BLACKWELL (1839–1918) of private means, & Agnes Harriet Louisa Thurling MUSGRAVE (1840–1919) of Cressingham Road, Lewisham, London.
Subsequently a mining consultant.
Died London 1921

BLIZARD James 28 Kensington Commercial
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Private 16 subsequently 14197
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 7th December 1900
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born 7th March 1871 St. Saviour Southwark, Surrey, England the son of
Allen BLIZARD (1824–1890) a pawnbroker & Jane PORTLOCK (1839–1918) of 5, Camberwell New Road, London S.E.
Married Eleanor BIGGS on 31st January 1903 in Fulham, London
On 23rd September 1935 when he and Eleanor landed at Southampton on the Union Castle ‘Balmoral’ his permanent residence is shown as Southern Rhodesia.
Died 4th March 1942 at Gwelo, South Africa

BOATMAN George
Volunteered Bedford 30th December 1899.
Enlisted Colchester, Essex 6th January 1900 as Private 17 subsequently 14198
Previously service Royal Horse Artillery ~ 12 years Discharged on completion of service.
Occupation ‘labourer’
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 7th December 1900
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
The son of Samuel BOATMAN of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

BUCK Miles 26 Bolton Engineer
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Private 18
"Suspected spy."
Discharged in accordance with W.O letter of 23rd February 1900.
Born 1848 Bolton, son of Miles & Ann BUCK of Bolton, Lancashire
Died 15 April 1935 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

BUCK Stephen 24 Bolton Fitter
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Private 19
"Suspected spy."
Discharged in accordance with W.O letter of 23rd February 1900.
Born 1851 Bolton, son of Miles & Ann BUCK of Bolton, Lancashire
Died 1915 Transvaal, South Africa

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CANDY Walter Fitzherbert M.A. 20 Southampton None
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Private 20 subsequently 14899
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 7th December 1900.
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born January 1880, Hythe Hampshire, the son of Charles CANDY (1800–1890) Church of England Vicar & Mary DAVIES (1840–1912) of Warwickshire.
Mother later of 36 Kimbolton Road, Bedford 2nd December 1900
Married Caroline Mildred SUMMERS on 26th April 1919 at St Mary’s Church, Moseley, Worcestershire. They had one child: John Longfield CANDY Born 1920 Johannesburg Died 2007 in Margate.
On 22nd July 1935, Walter & Caroline arrived at Southampton on SS Balmoral Castle to visit 16, Hazelhurst Road, Birmingham. Occupation Teacher. Permanent address South Africa
He died on 23 July 1941 at Isipingo, Kwa-Zulu, Natal, of a heart attack (age 61 years and 7 months). At the time he was a retired school master, on pension, and living in Isipingo.

CLIFTON George Herbert
Enlisted Colchester 1st January 1900 as Private 22 subsequently 14901
Occupation ‘Railway clerk’
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 8th December 1900
Queens South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born summer 1872 at Gaywood, Hunstanton, Norfolk the son of George CLIFTON, a station master (1839) and Emma Louise CLIFTON (1842)

COLE Cecil Gordon Speare 20 Devon Schoolmaster
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Private 24
Occupation ‘schoolmaster’
Discharged 20th January 1900. Not being likely to become an efficient soldier
Accepted as 10206 56th Co. XV Battery Imperial Yeomanry on 2nd February 1900 at Buckingham
Born 1880, Totnes, Devonshire the son of Henry COLE, a solicitor (1829) & Sarah Jane BEALE (1855) of 150 Foster Hill Road, Bedford.
Died of peritonitis on 5th March 1901 at Krugersdorp.
Interred Burgershoop Cemetery, Krugersdorp.

CHINN Edward John 21 St Pancras Sadler
Service No. 23 I.Y, Service Records
Enrolled Bedford 30th December 1899
Occupation ‘sadler’
Discharged 6th February 1900. Not being likely to become an efficient soldier
Later served as Sadler 27716 93rd (Sharpshooters) Company, 23rd Battalion I.Y.
Q.S.A, medal ~ Cape Colony & Orange Free State clasps
Born St Pancras, London circa 1878 the son of Edward & Mary Ann CHINN

CHURCH George Thomas
Enlisted Colchester 6th February 1900 as Private 23 subsequently 14902
Occupation ‘farmer’
Became Sergeant In New 28th Co. I.Y
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
King’s South Africa Medal ~ South Africa 1902 clasp
Discharged on completion of his period of engagement 18th August 1902
Born summer 1880 Colchester 1879 son of Arthur CHURCH (1850-1912), a farmer, & Eliza Clara STEADMAN (1852-1925) of Helen Farm, Birch, Colchester, Essex.
Married Elsie JOY at Beaumont-Cum-Moze, St. Leonard, Essex, England on 6th Oct 1909
Had children Marjory Grace, 1915 & Thomas William, 1921
In 1921 residing Wenham Hall, Capel St. Mary, Samford, East Suffolk.
Died Samford in April quarter 1952 aged 71.
(Thomas George in civil records.)

CROXTON Harry Thomas
Enlisted Colchester 6th January 1900 as Private 25 subsequently 14903
Occupation ‘agent’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born 16th July 1874, the son of George CROXTON, an accountant & Lucy Grace Emiline CROXTON of Rectory Road, Stoke Newington, London.
In 1891 living with his widowed mother and sister Ann, at Windmill Lane, West Ham, Essex.
Died of enteric fever on 20th July 1900 at Johannesburg

D

DAGG Walter Lewis 37 Hatfield Solicitor
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Private 26 subsequently 14904
Occupation ‘solicitor’
Discharged in consequence of joining the Govt. Law Court, Johannesburg at his own request 30th July 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Farrier Sergeant Major and W.O.1 Army Service Corps, 1915 - 1919
1915 Star, Allied Victory Medal, British War Medal
Born first quarter of 1859 at Hatfield. Hertfordshire, the son of John Ross DAGG, a land agent (1817–1885) & Julia Ann DEWEY (1834–1885)
Attended Haileybury School, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire
Admitted as a solicitor August 1881,
Returned to the UK from Cape Town on RMS Guildford Castle, disembarked London 15th March 1911,
Married Marie Cathleen Magdalene Hedwig WOODWORTH (1862–1946) 5th June 1913
In London.
1918 practising at 65 Long Acre, London.
Disbarred from practising law 2nd June 1927 • London Gazette ~ by reason of professional misconduct.
Died December 1931 Edmonton, Middlesex

DEVEREUX N. 33 Wexford None
Service No.14905
Named in the list of volunteers published in February 1900, and name & number recorded on a slip in the I.Y. service records. No other record.

DISNEY Herbert 30 Islington Tea Planter
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Private 28 subsequently 14906, later Corporal.
Occupation ‘tea planter’
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg Mounted Police at his own request 7th December 1900.
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born September 1869 at Highbury, Islington, Middlesex, son of Richard Stribling DISNEY (1829-1907) a bank clerk & Charlotte TONGUE (1834-1866) of Strathwilliam, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Married Regina Anne MILELLA (1885-1962) of Cape Colony at Krugersdorp on 10th September 1902., and had ten children.
Died 25th September 1930 at Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa

DRAPPER Percy
Enlisted Colchester 6th January 1900, as Private 30 subsequently 14907, later Corporal.
Occupation ‘glove maker’
Accidentally drowned 23rd May 1900 At Dornkop
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born 7th August 1870 in Newington, Surrey son of Henry DRAPPER, a corn dealer & Julia Mary Ann DRAPPER of 16 Union Street, Borough, Southwark, Surrey.
In 1891 a 19 year old coal merchant’s clerk, boarding with the family of Charles May, a coal merchant of Tabor Way, Wimbledon.
Enlisted Colchester, Essex, 5th January 1900
Drowned 23rd May 1900 at Dornkop near Johannesburg

DUNCOMBE Wilfred Arthur 28 London None
Enlisted Colchester 6th January 1900, as Private 31, subsequently 14908, later Corporal.
Occupation ‘none’
Discharged on completion of his period of engagement 15th June 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Commissioned 6th Dragoon Guards October 1902
Born 30th September 1871 in Marylebone London the son of Frederick William DUNCOMBE (1842–1878) Major Grenadier Guards & Katherine French ACHESON
(1839–1898) of Sydney House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, later 105 Harley Street, London.
Married Margeret Louise ANDERSON (1876-1952) 7th June 1905 at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Thereafter adopted the hyphenated surname DUNCOMBE-ANDERSON.
Father to Antony John Duncombe-Anderson(1907–1949), Roland Frederick Duncombe-Anderson (1908–1940) & Wilfred George Duncombe-Anderson (1911–1982)
Army Officer of independent means & Magistrate 1921/1939
Died 13th October 1952 at Alderstone House, Whiteparish, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Aged 81.