Pomeroy | Granville G | | Trooper | Unit: Artillery. Nationality: English. Address: Leigh Woods, Clifton.
Source: List of Jameson raiders | Unknown |
Pomeroy | Granville George | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0). Born at Bristol on 15 May 1878, the eldest of five sons. He was educated at Clifton College and served in the Somerset Militia. He attested for the Mashonaland Mounted Police sometime in 1895, and in the following year took part in the Jameson Raid, being shot through the left knee and taken prisoner. He was treated at Krugersdorp Field Hospital and was one of the twenty or so wounded prisoners who signed a letter of appreciation to the hospital staff for their kindness and attention. He was one of the last prisoners to be released, on 31 January 1896, and later that year took part in the operations in Rhodesia with the Matabeleland Relief Force. Back in England Pomeroy obtained a commission with the 4th Somerset Light Infantry, as 2nd Lieutenant, in May 1897. Advanced to Lieutenant in November 1899, he took a regular commission in the 1st Battalion Gloucester Regiment in March 1900 and served with them in the Boer War, including the operations of the Drakensburg Defence Force and the seizing of Van Reenan's Pass (Medal with 2 clasps). He was subsequently attached to the West African Frontier Force and took part in the operations in Nigeria in 1902 (Medal with Clasp). During the Great War he served as a Captain in the 12th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the Nigeria Regiment, and died of malaria at Zungeru, Nigeria, on 30 March 1917. BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (Troopr. G. G. Pomeroy, M.R.F.). DNW March 2002 £780. BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (Trooper G. G. Pomeroy, M.R.F.); QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. G. G. Pomeroy. Glouc. Rgt.); AGS 1902 (1) N. Nigeria 1902 (Lt. G. G. Pomeroy, Glouc: Rgt:). DNW February 2016 £2,800.
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
Pomeroy | J | | | Source: Medal rolls | Dorsetshire Regiment |
Pomeroy | M W | | | Source: QSA and KSA rolls | DEOVR |
Pomeroy | R | | Leading Stoker | QSA (0). Ref: 113.408.
Source: QSA medal rolls | HMS Monarch |
Pomeroy | R L | | Captain | Slightly wounded. Bushman's Kop, 6 March 1902
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
Pomeroy | Ralph Legge | | Lieutenant | QSA (3) DoL OFS Belf
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
Pomeroy | Ralph Legge | | Lieutenant | QSA (3). Slight Wound, Bushman's Kop, 06 Mar 02.
Source: QSA medal rolls | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
Pomeroy | T | | Private | QSA (1)
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Defence of Kimberley | Kimberley TG |
Pomeroy | W | | Captain | No known Company. Served in 31st Btn IY
Source: QSA Medal Rolls | Imperial Yeomanry |
Pomeroy | W | | Armourer's Mate | QSA (0). Ref: 340.205.
Source: QSA medal rolls | HMS Pelorus |
Pomeroy | W | 6619 | Driver | Dangerously wounded. Boschbult, 31 March 1902
Pompom Section
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | Royal Artillery |
Pomeroy | W | | | Source: WO100/226 | Civil Surgeon |
Pomeroy | W | | Chief Stoker | QSA (0). Ref: 119.591.
Source: QSA medal rolls | HMS Doris |
Pomery | E F | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
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