Whitfield, Edward
Regiment: Grenadier Guards (2nd Battalion)
Rank: Private (appointed Lance Corporal 2 Feb 1899)
Service No: 5942
Boer War service: 18 Mar 1900 to 8 Mar 1901
Date of enlistment: 2 Sept 1896
Date of discharge: 1 Sept 1908
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: Edward served in Gibraltar between 28 Sept 1897 and 3 Oct 1899.
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Wright, Ernest Edward
Wright, Ernest Edward
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry
Rank: Private
Service No: 1301
Boer War service: 2 Feb 1900 to 10 Jun 1901
Date of enlistment: 4 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 18 Jun 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of limited engagement
Other information:
Awards
Queen's South Africa Medal
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Transvaal
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Whitfield, William
Whitfield, William
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment
Rank: Private
Service No: 1030
Boer War service: 7 Jan 1900 to 6 May 1901
Date of enlistment: 10 Apr 1884
Date of discharge: 7 July 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: William had previously served in the Mediterranean, Egypt and Burma (Myanmar).
Awards
Queen's South Afri...
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Ward, James
Ward, James
Regiment: King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
Rank: Private
Service No: 2294
Boer War service: 2 Dec 1899 to 16 May 1900
Date of enlistment: 11 Jan 1888 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Transferred to Army Reserve on 11 Jan 1895 and recalled on 13 Nov 1899.
Date of discharge: 31 Jan 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of engagement
Other inform...
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Walker, Richard Lloyd
Walker, Richard Lloyd
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry
Rank: Private
Service No: 1308
Boer War service: 2 Feb 1900 to 10 Jun 1901
Date of enlistment: 4 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 18 Jun 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of limited engagement
Other information: Richard's brother, Harry, also served in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War.
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Walker, Harry Cullis
Walker, Harry Cullis
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry
Rank: Private (possibly Corporal)
Service No: 1302
Boer War service: 2 Feb 1900 - 10 Jun 1901
Date of enlistment: 4 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 18 Jun 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of limited engagement
Other information: Harry's brother, Richard, also served in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War.
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Vaughan, Robert
Vaughan, Robert
Regiment: Scots Guards
Rank: Private
Service No: 8299
Boer War service: 15 Mar 1900 to 1 Apr 1901
Date of enlistment: 16 Jul 1889
Date of discharge: 26 Apr 1902
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information:
Awards
Queen's South Africa Medal
Cape Colony
Orange Fr...
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Travers, Patrick
Travers, Patrick
Regiment: Liverpool Regiment (King's)
Rank: Private
Service No: 5328
Boer War service: 25 Nov 1897 to 5 Jan 1903
Date of enlistment: 20 May 1896
Date of discharge: 19 May 1912 (transferred to Army Reserve in 1903, then re-engaged in 1908)
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: His brother Thomas was Kill...
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Thornton, Herbert
Thornton, Herbert
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment (previously King's Shropshire Light Infantry militia)
Rank: Private
Service No: 5823 (militia 3773)
Boer War service: 7 Jan 1900 to 26 Oct 1902
Date of enlistment: 8 Nov 1898 in Cheshire Regiment (10 Aug 1897 in militia)
Date of discharge: 27 Jul 1915 (in Army Reserve from 1903)
Reason for discharge: No longer physically fit for wa...
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Thomas, Samuel
Thomas, Samuel
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry (Welsh), 34th Battalion
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 42092
Boer War service: Not deployed
Date of enlistment: 18 Jan 1902 (recruited)
Date of discharge: Not known
Reason for discharge: Not known
Other information: Records note he was not deployed to South Africa. His older brother Richard was also recruited at the same time
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