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In St Anne's Church. Wyre Piddle is a village near Pershore, just over 10 miles south-east of Worcester.

7210 Corporal Arthur Philip Hodgetts Imperial Yeomanry

Corporal A.J. Hands South African Constabulary

Berenice
Cpl. A.P.Hodgetts was a member of 5th Imperial Yeomanry and Died of Disease, Kroonstad, 24/10/1900.
583 Cpl. A.J.Hands of E Div., SAC died of alcoholic poisoning at Abraham's Kraal 03/07/1901.
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IL.

LinneyI wrote: 583 Cpl. A.J.Hands of E Div., SAC died of alcoholic poisoning at Abraham's Kraal 03/07/1901.

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If only I'd known that while I was in the area, I'd have definitely found the time to try to find more information in the local press, either Worcester or Evesham.

Berenice
During my occasional trawls through SAFF, etc, I have very infrequently seen such marginal remarks as "died of alcoholic poisoning" or something similar. In the case of Cpl. hands, perhaps not something the family would want to see in the local papers?
Regards
IL.

Hello Everyone.......

Here is a link to something that I posted over 4 years ago.......

www.angloboerwar.com/forum/13-miscellany...led-by-lightning#567

Mike

LinneyI wrote: Berenice
During my occasional trawls through SAFF, etc, I have very infrequently seen such marginal remarks as "died of alcoholic poisoning" or something similar. In the case of Cpl. hands, perhaps not something the family would want to see in the local papers?
Regards
IL.

I was thinking more along the line that he'd drunk local badly-brewed ale or spirits, maybe from a still or with dodgy ingredients, which had resulted in his death, than his being an alcoholic. I can't imagine an alcoholic getting away with being a member of the armed forces for long without being detected and disciplined or dismissed before he got to the stage of dying.