Smale, John Noel
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry (Shropshire 13th Company 5th Battalion) and was seconded to Colonial Light Horse.
Rank: Lance Corporal (Trooper when serving with Colonial Light Horse)
Service No: 1298 (1031 when serving with Colonial Light Horse)
Boer War service: 2 Feb 1900 to 10 Jun 1901
Date of enlistment: 4 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 18 Jun 1901
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Prodger, Joseph Thomas
Prodger, Joseph Thomas
Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Rank: Private
Service No: 7288
Boer War service: 3 Mar 1900 to 30 May 1901
Date of enlistment: 16 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 4 Jul 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: Received gunshot wound to the arm during this campaign. Joseph served in WW1 - more information can be found on our Great War site.
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Kelly, Joseph
Kelly, Joseph
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry (Shropshire 13th Company 5th Battalion)
Rank: Private
Service No: 1313
Boer War service: 3 Feb 1900 to 31 Jul 1900
Date of enlistment: 4 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 18 Oct 1900
Reason for discharge: His own request. Services no longer required in South Africa
Other information:
Awards
Queen's South Africa Medal
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Gill, Ernest
Gill, Ernest
Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Rank: Private
Service No: 7291 (previously 3075)
Boer War service: 3 Mar 1900 to 9 May 1901
Date of enlistment: 10 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 16 May 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: Ernest served in WW1; further information about this service can be found on our Great War site
Awards
Queen's South Af...
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Hayes, Percy Henry
Hayes, Percy Henry
Regiment: British South Africa Police, Cape Police and Johannesburg Mounted Rifles
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 2536, 829 & 2608
Boer War service: Not known
Date of enlistment: Not known
Date of discharge: Not known
Reason for discharge: Not known
Other information: Percy is commemorated on the Whitchurch WW1 Town Memorial. No WW1 military records...
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Jones, Amos
Jones, Amos
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4152
Boer War service: 18 Jul 1900 to 28 Mar 1901
Date of enlistment: 20 Nov 1893
Date of discharge: 15 Aug 1901
Reason for discharge: Medically unfit
Other information: Amos spent time in 3 South African hospitals suffering from a cough and hemoptysis...
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Burke, Patrick
Burke, Patrick
Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Rank: Private
Service No: 4443
Boer War service: 24 Aug 1899 to 14 May 1902
Date of enlistment: 14 Sept 1893
Date of discharge: 1 Jul 1902
Reason for discharge: Medically Unfit
Other information: Patrick was severely wounded on 6 Jul 1900 at Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa and was mentioned in dispatc...
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Grosvenor, William
Grosvenor, William
Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment
Rank: Private
Service No: 5319
Boer War service: Not known
Date of enlistment: Not known
Date of discharge: 27 Aug 1900
Reason for discharge: Died from illness whilst on military service (27 Aug 1900)
Other information: Died 27 August 1900 from enteric fever in Howick Civic Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. William's death is commemorat...
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Sutcliffe, James Major Ramsbottom
Sutcliffe, James Major Ramsbottom
Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Rank: Private
Service No: 7294
Boer War service: Not known
Date of enlistment: Not known
Date of discharge: Not known
Reason for discharge: Not known
Other information: He went on to serve in WW1 in both the Royal Hampshire and King’s Shropshire Light Infantry regiments - more information can be found on our Great War site. Hi...
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Malam, John Thomas
Malam, John Thomas
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry
Rank: Not known
Service No: Not known
Boer War service: Not known
Date of enlistment: Not known
Date of discharge: Not known
Reason for discharge: Not known
Other information: John was listed in a newspaper article as being recruited in January 1902. He may not have actually been deployed as no Boer War service records can...
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