Boer War graves UK

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Brian

Would you have any extra information about Leopold Soames Private 5243, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment died of disease 29th December 1900 at Bloemfontein.

Regards

Ray

[touchofmange]

Hi brian, are we talking about the first or the second boer war or both??  What are you going to do with this database? 

I'm sure there are many of us that had relatives in the boer wars.  Rather like the last poster i had a private 5237 alfred jacob perry (aged abt 20) who died from fever/disease at Burghersdorp 27 april 1901 in the 17th Lancers.  I've looked through the online cemeteries, tried his hometown cemeteries and now the nearest thing i have to a memorial says that the 17th Lancers have theirs at the Aldershot all saints church.  I haven't been able to get a reply out of them about whether they do have the memorial or not let alone who's on it. 

Have you got anything you can add to that?
thanks neil

[bazantil]

Hi Brian,

I notice that you have an extensive database for the Boer War and was wondering if you have anything on my mothers half uncle who died in the boer war.  The info I have found so far about him are as follows:

John George Kitching - Private 5251, Unit: 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars.  There is a memorial to him on his mother and sister's headstone which says that he died 29 June 1902.

On the Roll of honour website the following is stated: Private, 7th Hussars. Resident Ipswich. Probably died at Wynberg. Buried in the Methodist Cemetery, Wynberg, Capetown. No real information in any of the usual sources exists for this man except for a notation of where he is buried.

Any info would be much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Michelle