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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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. Awards ...
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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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Stockton, Albert

Stockton, Albert Regiment: Cheshire Royal Engineers, 2nd Battalion (Railway) Volunteers Rank: Sapper Service No: 8567 Boer War service: 27 Apr 1901 to 4 Aug 1902 Date of enlistment: 23 Mar 1901 Date of discharge: 20 Aug 1902 Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement Other information: Albert re-enlisted in 1914 and served in WW1 - more infor...
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Somerset, Claud

Somerset, Claud Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry Rank: Trooper Service No: 1102 Boer War service: 27 Jan 1900 to 6 May 1901 Date of enlistment: 15 Jan 1900 Date of discharge: 16 Jun 1901 Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement Other information: Claud briefly served in The South African Native Labour Corps during WW1 - more information can be found on our Great War si...
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Slawson, William

Slawson, William Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry Rank: Private Service No: 15311 Boer War service: 17 Apr 1900 to 8 Jul 1901 Date of enlistment: 20 Mar 1900 Date of discharge: 15 Jul 1901 Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement Other information: William had previously served for seven months in 1895 in the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He went on to serve in WW1 - mor...
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Shone, Leighton Edward

Shone, Leighton Edward Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry Rank: Private Service No: 1897 Boer War service: 30 Jan 1900 to 8 Mar 1901 Date of enlistment: 12 Jan 1900 Date of discharge: 11 Apr 1901 Reason for discharge: At his own request Other information: He went to Canada sometime prior to 1915 and enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1915, serving in Europe in WW1 -...
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