Charles Pike

[Cazza47]

I am trying to find the death details of Charles Pike in South Africa.
He was married to Mary Jane Clarke on 5th August 1882 in Southampton, at some point they ended up in South Africa. They had 5 children all born Transvaal, South Africa, George, Cecil, Nelly, Ruby & Herbert. In british 1901 census Mary & children all back in England living with her brother in Southampton, Mary described as a widow. In 1911 census Mary has married Alfred Foot and still living in Southampton. Youngest child Herbert born around 1900 so Charles must have died shortly before this but I am struggling to find details. I believe he fought in the Boer War, plus there might be a connection to diamonds but this might just be a rumour. He was born around 1856 in Southampton.
Any help would be appreciated.

[softly softly]

Do you have the marriage certificate of Charles pike to Mary Jane Clarke and if so what was his occupation at the time. Wondering if he was in the 1st Devonshire Regiment?

John

[Cazza47]

In his marriage certificate his occupation is engineer. I was wondering the same.

[ShaunJ]

Mrs Pike and 5 children arriving UK from Natal in July 1900:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/47369_32021000952_2335-00150

[softly softly]

This could be a contender.

First name(s) C
Event unit 1 Battalion The Devonshire Regiment
Last name Pike
Event source NFF
Service number 3508
Event notes [Watt] Probable location
Rank Private
Country Great Britain
Regiment 1 Battalion The Devonshire Regiment
Notes [Watt] Initial 'G'
Year 1899-1902
Record set Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902
Biography -
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Memorials Cathedral. N Transept. Tablets County, Exeter, Devon, England
Subcategory Boer Wars
Event detail Died Pneumonia on 04/09/1900 at Badfontein (Official casualty roll location: Not stated)

John
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

[ShaunJ]

The Devonshire Regiment Pike is a red herring. The initial C is a mistranscription. His name was George.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/444858:60506

[Cazza47]

Thank you all for your help, I will keep looking for his death details.

[Cazza47]

Oh dear thought I had found him, Charles Pike no 2697 in Queens West Surrey Regiment, but he wasn't married, maybe he will remain one of those mysteries.

[Cazza47]

Mary Jane Pike remarried in 1905 to Alfred Foot, would she have to provide proof of her first husbands death?