Hi
Just wondering if anybody has a copy of this book who would be willing to look up the record for a Great Uncle who we have just found out died? at? Mafeking.
Apparently he was wounded at Kaalfontein in May '01 and subsequently contracted a disease at Mafeking in Jan'02
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Thread: In Memoriam by Steve Watt
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26-08-2011, 12:49 AM #1
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In Memoriam by Steve Watt
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26-08-2011, 9:36 AM #2
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Several site spring up on Googling. You may find an answer there.
Happy Families
Wendy
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07-09-2011, 10:13 AM #3ladysmithGuest
I have a copy. If you let me have his name and any other details I'll look him up.
David
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08-09-2011, 1:51 PM #4
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Hi David
Name: LOMAS, J (Jeffrey)
Rank: Private
Soldier number: 3721
Unit: 1 Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Casualty details: Wounded on 23 May 1901 at Kaalfontein (Official casualty roll location: Kaalfontein)
Casualty details: Disease on 18 Jan 1902 at Mafeking (Official casualty roll location: Mafeking)
John
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08-09-2011, 8:24 PM #5ladysmithGuest
Hi John - His entry shows him as having died of disease (probably enteric fever aka typhoid) at Mafeking (modern spelling Mafikeng) 18/1/1902. He is shown as being in the Volunteer Company of 1/LNL Regiment. He is buried in grave number 476 at Mafikeng Cemetery and his grave is marked with a named metal cross.
Hope this helps.
David
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09-09-2011, 6:20 AM #6
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Hi
Thank you very much David.
It has taken us about 10 yrs to finalise this one.
Originaly we were told he failed to return from WW1 so were searching all the wrong places, now all in a month we found him in SA.
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11-10-2016, 8:46 AM #7
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Hi
My daughter and her family have recently visited Mafikeng, they took out a copy of Jeffrey's army records and a copy of his photo for the custodians and have returned with photos of the grave and cemeteries.
They are keen members of the Scouting movement so the connection with B-P also made the visit interesting.
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25-06-2017, 3:05 AM #8
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Hi David,
Not sure you are still on this site, but if you are, would love it if you could do a look up for me in In Memoriam please. I have been trying to track down an ancestor from NZ in the Boer War, a J (John). Butler. He was field court martialled from the 3 Contingent, 5th Coy, Rough Riders, reason unknown, and there have been conflicting information as to where he went after. he was killed at Winburg in Aug 1900. I now see on the Anglo Boer War.com site he was with the Queenstown Rifles with the In Memoriam book by S. Watts as a source and wondering if there is anymore information on him. Hoping you can help...many thanks. Shona (Australia)
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