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Further to the excellent photographs and list of names posted by BereniceUK 3 years ago [ #81201 ] I attach mini biographies of the men listed on the first plaque on the west face of the monument.

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OFFICERS

WALKER Charles Pope M.B.
Major Royal Army Medical Corps.
Born 11/7/1860 Bedford, the son of John Newman WALKER (1821–1875), a fund holder & Ann WALKER nee FIELD (1820–1902)
Ex student Guy’s Hospital, London commissioned Surgeon Captain 8/7/1886.
Married Lilian Selborne Tamplin in 1894, father to Irene Lilian May born 1896
Died of dysentery on 05/01/1900 at Ladysmith, KwaZulu, Natal
Aged 39

MILLS Sidney
Captain 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade. (Prince Consorts Own)
Khartoum Siege Medal Khedive's medal and bar
Queens South Africa Medal, Relief of Ladysmith clasp
Born 5/7/1867, St George’s Hanover Square, London, the son of General Charles James Conway MILLS, 32nd Regiment (1816–1894) & Gertrude MILLS nee WHITBREAD (1826–1909) the daughter of Samuel WHITBREAD.
Resident Bedford Road, Cardington, Bedford.
Married Gertrude MILLS
Wounded on 06/01/1900 at Caeser's Camp, Platrand Ridge, Ladysmith.
Died on 02/02/1900 at Ladysmith, KwaZulu Natal
Age 32
Around 2h45 on the 6th January 1900 the Heidelberg Kommando stormed the eastern end of the Platrand known as Caesar’s Camp which was defended by the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment and the Kings Royal Rifles. The Boers forced their way between the Natal Volunteers at the foot of the hill and the Manchesters on the hill slope steadily overwhelming the Manchesters’ piquet until they were finally forced back by a bayonet charge by reinforcements from the Gordon Highlanders who arrived early in the morning. Nevertheless the Burghers hung on through the rest of the day until the shrapnel from Goulburn’s 42nd and Abdy’s 53rd Gun Batteries drove them off.
[ www.battlefieldsroute.co.za/


WALDY Richard Walter
Captain 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 6th Mounted Infantry
Queens South Africa Medal General Service Medal
Born in Kensington, London in the winter of 1868 the son of Alfred Henry WALDY (1827–1881), Captain 6th Regiment, & Georgiana Ann WALDY nee BRADSHAW
(1835–1909)
In 1881 a scholar at King’s School, Sherborne, Dorset.
Commissioned January 1882
Captain 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment Mounted Infantry. Died 22nd Feb 1900 of wounds received at Paardeberg on 18th Feb and was buried on the banks of the Modder River South Africa. He served in the 1st Battalion with the Isazai Expedition in 1892 and with the Chitral Relief Force in 1895.
Inscription on his grandfather's grave in Hanwell Cemetery, Kensington, London
Wounded on 18/02/1900 at Paardeberg
Died on 22/02/1900 at Paardeberg
Age 31

BYRNE Alfonso
Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Remount Department
Born 7th April 1875 Aldershot, Hampshire, the son of Thomas Edmond Byrne (1829–1898) Major General, Royal Artillery, & Eliza Petronila BYRNE ne LARIOS-Y-TASHARA (1832–1897)
Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire.
Commissioned into the 3rd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment in February 1896. Promoted Lieutenant Sep 1897
Died of enteric Fever [typhus] on 11/06/1900 at 8/9th General Hospital, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
Age 25

DILLON Charles Henry
Lieutenant 1 Battalion The Rifle Brigade Prince Consort's Own)
Queens South Africa Medal
Born December 1877 Beckenham, Kent
The son of The Honourable. Robert Villiers A DILLON (1838-1923), Colonel Royal Artillery, & Harriet Caroline Elizabeth DILLON nee GLADSTONE (1848–1932) of Wooten House, Wooten, Bedfordshire.
Educated at Eton College, Berkshire.
Commissioned into the Rifle Brigade on 16/2/ 1898.
Promoted to Lieutenant in January 1900
Wounded on 01/06/1901 at Blesbokspruit
Died of wounds on 08/06/1901 in 17 General Hospital, Standerton, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga,
Aged 23



DOBBIE Wallace Houston
Lieutenant Orange River Colony Police South African Constabulary
Sergeant 105 Imperial Yeomanry
Queens South Africa Medal
Born 1866 at Lympstone, Devon, the son of William Hugh DOBBIE, (1812–1889), Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy &, Mary Ann Bleadon DOBBIE nee DUDMAN (1827–1893)
Of White Lodge, Liddlington, Bedfordshire
Married Florence SHADBOLT (1860–1935) at Exmouth January 1888
Father to Agatha Ida(1889–1889),Wallace Hugh (1891–1952),
Agatha Geraldine (1893–1922) & Dorothy Beatrix (1895–1938)
He was wounded in action at Orange Springs near Ladybrand.and died of his wounds at Ladybrand, Orange River Colony on 30/11/1900
Buried in the Main Cemetery, Ladybrand Aged 34

HARRIS Eustace Malim
Lieutenant 2 Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
Queens South Africa Medal
Born 7th August 1874 Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, later of 36 Alexandria Road, Bedford, the son of The Reverend Frederick William HARRIS (1843–1929) & Charlotte HARRIS nee MALIM (1846–1920)
Killed on 08/01/1901 at Machadodorp eastern Transvaal.

HEMINGWAY Frederick Lawson
Lieutenant Mennes Scouts.
Born 6/9/1872 • Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire, the son of Joseph Matthew HEMINGWAY, a mechanical engineer (1845–1908) & Mary Hannah HEMINGWAY nee LAWSON (1845–1904) later of 85, St John’s Street, Bedford
Killed in action 4/05/1901 near Weltavredent near Standerten.
Age 23

JONES Philip Astell Temple
Lieutenant and Adjutant 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars.
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights, Relief Of Ladysmith clasps
Jubilee Medal 1897
Of The Bury, Goldington, Bedfordshire
Killed on 13/10/1900 at Geluk
Aged 25

PAXTON Llewellyn
2nd Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born October 1881 • Westhampnett, Sussex, the son of Llewellyn PAXTON, Colonel, Madras Staff Corps,(1826–1905) & Mary Norman PAXTON nee STODDART (1843–1935) of East Lavant, Lavant, Sussex
In 1891, a student at Southey Hall Boys Preparatory School, Worthing, Sussex
Killed on 16/11/1900 Thaba N'chu, Orange River Colony Aged 19.
SELOUS Harry Dyson
Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born July 1873 Seetapore, Bengal, India, the son of Edric SELOUS Brigade Surgeon Lt. Colonel, Indian Army (1836–1891) & Caroline Josephine SELOUS nee MARGUETTI (1847–1922) of Burlington House, West Hill, Sydenham, Kent
Killed on 18/2/1900 (’Bloody Sunday’) at Paardeberg, Modder River, near Kimberley
Aged 26.

STRONG Charles Powlett
Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born 9/1/1875 the only son of Charles Isham STRONG (1838–1914) Lt. Colonel Northamptonshire Regiment (4th Battalion Militia) and Magistrate,& Katharine Anne STRONG nee POWLETT Powlett(1838–1923) of Longthorpe Hall, Peterborough.
6th Mounted Infantry
Mentioned in despatches
Distinguished Service Order (Gazette 27/9/1901)
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902
Killed on 06/06/1901 at Graspan Farm, Orange Free State.
Aged 25

WILMER Altham Browning
Lieutenant 6th Mounted Infantry
2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902
Born 15 AUG 1876 • Hassan, Mysore, India, the son of Horace WILMER (1851–1936), a civil engineer & Mary Frances WILMER nee GRAHAM-CLARKE. (1846–1923)
of Mount Stuart, Grove Hill, South Woodford, Essex
Wounded 22/10/1901 at Kafirstad near Harrismith, Orange River County
Wounds - Died on 23/10/1901 at Kafirstad

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

MASTERSON Ernest Alfred
Sergeant 4049 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Queens South Africa Medal
Born1869 Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, the son of Thomas MASTERSON, an Army Captain and Alice Christina MASTERSON.
In 1891 a 22 year old Lieutenant in the Militia residing with his parents and siblings at Portsea, Hampshire.
Died of wounds 10/03/1901 at Delfontein
Aged 32




THORBY David (or THARBY)
Sergeant 1326 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Queens South Africa Medal
Born 31/12/1864 in Whitechapel, London, the son of William THARBY, a drayman, & Ellen THARBY nee WATSON.
In 1881, a 17 year old errand boy living with his paternal grandparents in Ware, Hertfordshire.
In 1891, a 27 year old Infantryman at Warley Barracks, Little Warley, near Brentford, Essex.
Died: Disease on 31/05/1900 at Bloemfontein
Age 36

FOSTER Albert Edward
Sergeant 2738 2nd Battalion The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment
Queens South Africa Medal
Born 28/4/1872 Clifton, Bedfordshire, the son of Walter James FOSTER, a general labourer & Hannah FOSTER nee COWLAND.
Enlisted age 15 27/11/1887.
Promoted Sergeant 11/2/1896
Completed 10 years service 19/12/1897. Employed as a potman.
Recalled to colours 21/11/1889
Died in action 24/01/1900 Spion Kop, Natal
Age 28

WEST Ernest James
L/Sergeant 3978 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars, Prince of Wales Own
Queens South Africa Medal
Belfast, Orange Free State, Laing's Nek & South Africa Clasps
Born in the autumn of 1875 at Higham Gobion, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, the son of Samuel WEST, a farm labourer, & Emma WEST nee NASH.
In 1891 a farm labourer.
Killed on 16/08/1901 at Vrieskraal
Vrieskraal was a farm in the current Marble Hall district of the Eastern Transvaal (now Limpopo). On 16 August 1901 a detachment of the 19th Hussars were ambushed on the farm by a Boer commando under the command of General Muller. Five of the Hussars were killed and a number taken prisoner. Battle Tours ZA

COX James B
Corporal 5380 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Queens South Africa Medal
Died: Disease on 02/06/1900 at Winburg
Not yet identified in civil records



MURRAY George
Corporal 4221 2nd Mounted Infantry Bedfordshire Regiment
Queens South Africa Medal
Died: Enteric on 07/05/1900 at Bloemfontein
Not yet identified in civil records

NICHOLLS [sic] William
Corporal 5669 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
Sergeant W. NICHOLL 5669 in Army Rolls
Died of disease. Bloemfontein, 27 April 1900
2nd Battalion.
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Not yet identified in civil records

SILLS James
Corporal 690 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Queens South Africa Medal
Died: Enteric on 07/05/1900 at Bloemfontein
Not yet identified in civil records

STANNARD Edward Ebenezer
Corporal 2953 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment& 6th Mounted Infantry
Queens South Africa Medal
Died of disease on 19/12/1900 at Kroonstad
Not yet identified in civil records however the only combination of these names in the England & Wales birth records for the appropriate period refers to …
Ebenezer Edward STANNARD born 1872 Halstead, Middlesex, the son of Joseph Stannard, worker in gas works, & Jane Elizabeth DOWLING, of Ealing Road, Brentford … for whom there is no civil death record.

TENNANT William
L-Corporal 14985 28 (Beds) Coy 4 Bn Imperial Yeomanry (Comptons Horse)
Born 15/4/1877 at Walworth, Surrey. The son of William Drysdale TENNANT M.D. (1850-1882) a surgeon, & Sophia TENNANT nee WOOLFORD (1852-1882) of 30 Lambert Road, Brixton Rise, Surrey.
In 1891, orphaned, shown as a 13 year old lodger with his twin brother Charles with Samuel STEPHENS and his family, a blacksmith in Uckfield, Sussex.
Enlisted Colchester, Essex 6/1/1900 aged 22 years 9 months, occupation shown as ‘farmer’
Queens South Africa Medal with Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State clasps
Killed in action 1/11/1900 at Klipfontein
Age 23




WILLIAMS Alfred
Corporal 5204 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Killed on 18/02/1900 at Paardeberg
Not yet identified in civil records

HAYES Herbert George
Corporal 12722 Army Service Corps
Born in the first quarter of 1879 in Bedford, the son of Thomas HAYES, born Ireland (1827-1907) a Sergeant Instructor (Army) & Frances HAYES nee EASTER (1839-1901) of Bedford Street, Amptill.
Enlisted 22/6/1896 at Bedford aged 17 years 5 months Employment shown as ‘clerk’
Died: Disease on 07/06/1902 at Vryburg
Aged 23

MacEWAN Colin Duncan Lorne (or McEWAN)
Corporal 13304 68th (Paget's Horse) Coy 19 Bn Imperial Yeomanry
Born autumn 1876 in Southsea, Hampshire, the son of Dugald McEwan, Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy & Isabella Campbell McEWAN nee SMITH
In 1891 living with parents and siblings at 19 Chance Street, Bedford, and later that year, a boy in training entrant into the Royal Navy HMS Brittania, Dartmouth,
Enlisted 8/2/1900 at City of London.
Wounded on 23/02/1901 at Lichtenburg, near Mafeking, Western Transvaal.
Died on 24/02/1901 at Lichtenburg
Age 25

PEGG Albert Edward
Corporal 28312 Royal Engineers 20 Coy(Fortress)
Queens South Africa Medal
Born in the summer of 1870 in Leicester, Leicestershire the son of Joseph PEGG, a railway engine driver, & Maria PEGG nee Davenport, of 23 Kings Place, Bedford
Wounded in action at Roodeval 17/6/1900. Died of his wounds (either at Roodeval or at No 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad, Orange River Colony).

ROE Frederick Henry
Corporal 3916 44th Battery Royal Field Artillery
Queens South Africa Medal
Born In the first quarter of 1865 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, the son of Alfred Thomas ROE, tailor (1835-1904 ) & Mary ROW nee COOK (1838-1902), straw hat maker of Church Street, Dunstable.
Enlisted 25/9/1883. In 1891 occupation shown as ‘soldier’, living with parents at Church Street.
Died: Ague on 04/02/1901 at Wynberg
Age 36


BANTOCK Benjamin Willie
L/Corporal 4616 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Queens South Africa Medal
Born third quarter of 1876 at Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, the son of Henry BANTOCK 1839–1900) a woodman, & Lucy BANTOCK nee UPSON (1837–1912) of Sudbury Road, Great Waldingfield. Married Lily BAYLISS October 1897 • Lichfield, Staffordshire. Father to Willie Herbert BAYLISS (1898-1966) & Cecil Roberts BAYLISS (1900-1980)
Enlisted 28/8/1893 previous occupation a ‘footman’.
Died of disease at Thaba N'chu, Orange River Colony 25th February 1901 and interred at the cemetery the next day .

BARRINGHAM William
L/Corporal 6758 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Queens South Africa Medal
Killed on 19/09/1901 at Slangfontein
Not yet identified in civil records

BURNS John
L/Corporal 3566 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Queens South Africa Medal
Died of wounds on 14/06/1900 at Leeuwspruit
Not yet identified in civil records

CAPPELL [sic]
CAPELL Edwin
L/Corporal 5074 1st Battalion The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
Queens South Africa Medal
Born 1876 Whaddon, Buckinghamshire son of James CAPELL (1840–1877) an agricultural labourer, & Hannah CAPELL nee HAYWARD (1843–1912) a lace maker of Ampthill Road, Shefford.
Previous occupation, groom, & signs as CAPELL on attestation form dated 18th March 1896.
Died at home in the autumn of 1900
Deaths Sep 1900
Capell Edwin Age 24
Biggleswade District Vol.3b Page207
Died of consumption on return home Bedfordshire Mercury 3rd June 1904.
Age 24

CROFTS Ernest Septimus
L/Corporal 716 Capetown Highlanders
Born in the summer of 1876 in Bedford the son of Henry CROFTS (1830–1908), a veterinary surgeon & Harriet Ann SHORTT (1838–1920) of Harpur Street, Bedford.
A carpenter
Died: Accidentally drowned on 24/01/1901 the Vaal River, Douglas, Cape Colony
Aged 24

Excellent research. Thanks for sharing.