| Villiers | A | 5088 | Private | Died of disease. Pretoria, 7 July 1900
3rd Battalion.
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | Grenadier Guards |
| Villiers | A F | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Press Censors' Department |
| Villiers | Alfred | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
| Villiers | C H | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Horse Guards |
| Villiers | C H | | Captain | MID LG: 16 April 1901, page: 2605. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 2 April 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Royal Horse Guards |
| Villiers | C W | | Lieutenant | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Rhodesia Regiment |
| Villiers | Charles Hyde | | Major | Served on the Staff. Nationality: English. Address: Grosvenor Sq.London.
Source: List of Jameson raiders | Unknown |
| Villiers | Charles Hyde | | Major | Born in Essex, Sep 21, 1862, and is son of the Reverend Charles Villiers. He was educated at Marlborough, Oxford, and Sandhurst, taking honours in History at Oxford; entered the Army in 1887, and served in 1893 as ADC to Sir Gerald Portal on a mission to Uganda (mentioned in despatches); also served under General Macdonald during the Muhammedan Rebellion in Uganda, and in the Unyow Campaign, under General Colvilc (mentioned in despatches); served in Matabeleland in 1895-6, as second in command of the Rhodesia Horse; took part in the Jameson Raid under Dr Jameson; and in the Boer War in 1899-1900 (mentioned in despatches). He joined the IY, 3rd City of London (Rough Riders) after being fifteen years in the Army. Decorations: the Central African medal, QSA with three clasps, and the Star of Zanzibar. Major Villiers contested, unsuccessfully, S Wolverhampton in the Unionist interest in 1906; is Chairman of the Wassau West Amalgamated Mines, Ltd; Director of the Berehaven Copper Mines, Ltd; Brazilian Diamond and Exploration Company, Ltd; East Africa Syndicate, Ltd; Fanti Consolidated Mines, Ltd; Fanti Mines, Ltd; Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Company, Ltd; Rhodesia Copper Company, Ltd; and the Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd, and is on the London Committee of the Bushveld Tin Mines, Ltd, East Rand Extension Gold Mining Company, Ltd, and the Lydenburg Land and Exploration Company, Ltd He married, Aug 17, 1901, Lady Victoria A Innes-Ker, daughter of the seventh Duke of Roxburghe. | Imperial Yeomanry |
| Villiers | Charles Hyde | | Captain | QSA (3). Served with Staff.
Source: QSA medal rolls | Royal Horse Guards |
| Villiers | Charles W | | Lieutenant | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
| Villiers | E | 469 | Trooper | Demise: Died of disease - enteric fever 13 May 1901
Place: Ladybrand, Field Hospital
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | South African Constabulary |
| Villiers | E | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
| Villiers | E | 469 | Trooper | Died of disease. Ladybrand, 13 May 1901
A Division.
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | South African Constabulary |
| Villiers | Ernest | | Bearer | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Imperial Bearer Corps |
| Villiers | Evelyn Fountaine | | Lieutenant | VILLIERS, EVELYN FOUNTAINE, Lieutenant, was born 4 May 1875, youngest son of Reverend Charles Villiers, Rector of Croft, Yorkshire. He entered the Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment 7 December 1895, being promoted Lieutenant 7 January 1899. He served, 1900 to 1901, in the South African War; from 30 September 1900 to 17 July 1901, as Brigade Signalling Officer, and was present in operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including actions at Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River (5 and 6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900, including actions at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July); operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony 30 November 1900 to May 1901. For his services in the South African War he was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]: received the Queen's Medal with four clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Evelyn Fountaine Villiers, Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 2 June 1902. He reached the rank of Captain 3 September 1904, and from February 1909, for five years was Adjutant of the Indian Volunteers. He saw active service in the European War from 1914 to 1916, receiving promotion to Major 1 September 1915, and subsequently serving as Temporary Lieutenant Colonel. He was wounded; was five times mentioned in Despatches, and was created a CMG in 1916. He became Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 9 May 1919. Lieutenant Colonel Villiers married, in 1901, Muriel, third daughter of Colonel and Mrs Wisden, of The Warren, Broadwater, near Worthing, and they had one son and three daughters.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Sussex Regiment |
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