Rider | William Wilkinson | | | Born in England April 18, 1861. He became a Wesleyan Minister in 1882, serving for a short period in Newfoundland. In 1883 he went to South Africa; removed to Port Elizabeth in 1897, and for five years was a member of the Governing Committee of the Government Hospital there, also a member of the Board of Management of the many schools on the Grey Foundation. On the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, he assisted in establishing a Local Refuge Relief Committee, caring for some thousands of fugitives. Of this he was elected Vice-President, assisting in the careful disbursement of the Mansion House Funds at this centre. During the Boer War, also, he was engaged at Modder River in conveying hospital and other stores soon after the disastrous battle at Magersfontein, and at Rensburg, supplying General French's force with numerous gifts when starting on their famous march to the relief of Kimberley and the surrounding of Cronje. He came to England in 1900 on a lecturing tour, dealing with South African history and the genesis of war, serving for a few months the Imperial South African Assn. Recreation: writing. He married, Aug 27, 1891, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Bell, the founder of Stamford Hill, Natal. | Unknown |
Rides | T | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South Staffordshire Regiment |
Rides | W | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South Staffordshire Regiment |
Ridewood | F | 3573 | Private | Wounded. Poplar Grove, 7 March 1900
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers |
Ridewood | F C | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
Ridewood | F C | 3573 | Private | QSA (8). Wounded, Poplar Grove, 07 Mar 00.
Source: QSA medal rolls | 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers |
Ridgard | A | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Cheshire Regiment |
Ridgard | A | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: Medal rolls | Cheshire Regiment |
Ridgard | H | | | 3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Own Scottish Borderers |
Ridgard | H H | | Private | Natal 1906 (1)
Source: Recipients of the Natal 1906 Medal | Natal Rangers |
Ridgard | Herbert | | | Source: Attestation paper in WO126 | Brabant's Horse |
Ridgard | Herbert Helivin | 26785 | Corporal | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Prince of Wales Light Horse |
Ridgard | Herbert Helwin | 4270 | Trooper | 2nd Brabant's Horse
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Brabant's Horse |
Ridgard | J H | | | 3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Own Scottish Borderers |
Ridgard | James | | | Source: Attestation paper in WO126 | Brabant's Horse |
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