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2567 Pte C Eggerton Gloucester Regt Pow Dewetsdorp 23/11/1900 1 month 2 weeks ago #97493

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QSA: RoL, Paard, Drie - 2567 Pte. C. Eggerton. Glouc. Regt.
KSA: SA01, SA02 - 2567 Pte. C. Eggerton. Glouc. Regt.
PoW 23 Nov1900 - taken prisoner of war at Dewetsdorp while serving with the 2nd battalion; later released on 5 Dec 1900.
Charles Eggerton enlisted on 2 February 1889. He was a laborer from Cheltenham. He was born in 1867 and the son of William and Mary Ann Eggerton. His father was a brickmaker and his mother was an ironer. He had two siblings: William (1865) and Rose (1869). Their address was 138 Queens Place, Cheltenham.
Eggerton was stationed at Home from 2/2/2889 to 20/7/1891 and then to the East Indies from 21/2/1891 to 6/11./1892; Malta 7/11/1893 to 7/10/1895; Egypt 8/10/1895 to 14/2/1897; Home 10/2/1897 to 31/12/1899; South Africa 1/1/1900 to 4/2/1902; and home 5/2/1902 to 8/2/1902. His only medals were the QSA and KSA. He was discharged at the depot as "time expired" and was a Private he entire Army career.
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