Blunt | Reginald Arthur | | Captain | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 30th Company, 9th Btn, IY |
Blunt | Richard Henry Thomas | 2611 | Sergeant | Source: OZ-Boer database | New South Wales, 3rd Contingent NSW Imperial Bushm |
Blunt | Robert Bruce | | Brevet Major | He died February 20th, 1902, of wounds received the day previously at Llangelegen, near Vryheid. The eldest son of George H Blunt of Leicester, he was born May 17th, 1873, and educated at Wyggeston School, Leicester, and afterwards at Rugby. He entered the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1892, was promoted Lieutenant January 1894, Captain September 1899, and brevet Major November 1900. He served in the campaign in the Soudan under Lord (then Sir Herbert) Kitchener, in 1898, as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, was present at the battle of Khartoum, receiving the British medal, and the Khedive's medal with clasp. He also took part in the occupation of Crete in 1898. In the South African War Major Blunt served with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, with the Ladysmith Relief Force, and was present at Spion Kop and the engagement of Venters Spruit (severely wounded). He was appointed Staff Officer for Intelligence from October 1900, and at the time of his death was Staff Officer, Dundee Sub district. He was mentioned in despatches, LG, September 10th, 1901, for his services, and was promoted to a brevet Majority. Major Blunt was adjutant of his battalion from March 1896, to March 1900. He was buried at Dundee.
Source: Donner | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Blunt | Robert Bruce | | Captain | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Blunt | Robert Henry Theodore | 43 | Private | Source: OZ-Boer database | Queensland, 2nd Mounted Infantry Contingent |
Blunt | S | 3799 | Private | QSA (6).
Source: QSA medal rolls | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
Blunt | V | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Suffolk Regiment |
Blunt | W | | | 1st Battalion, Volunteer Service Company
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Leicestershire Regiment |
Blunt | W E | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Army Pay Department |
Blunt | W E O C | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Army Pay Department |
Blur | H | 212 | Gunner | QSA (2)
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Defence of Kimberley | Diamond Fields Artillery |
Blurton | D J | 1757 | Private | MID LG: 8 February 1901, page: 973. Source: General Buller. 9 November 1900. Re: Lof C - Natal
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | South African Light Horse |
Blurton | G | 423 | Trooper | Demise: Killed in action 20 Aug 1900
Place: Hammanskraal. Klip Drift
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Southern Rhodesian Volunteers |
Blurton | G | 423 | Trooper | Killed in action. Klip Drift, 20 August 1900
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | Southern Rhodesian Volunteers |
Blurton | G S | 504 | | QSA (2) RoM Tr (504 G S Blurton, Rhod Regt). KIA 20 Aug 1900. Cultman Collectables May 09 £650. | Rhodesia Regiment |
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