Military - Boer War

Cambridgeshire Men and the Boer War

Many men from Cambridgeshire, including the Isle of Ely, served in the Boer War. There are two memorials to these men one in Cambridge and the other in Ely Cathedral. From these memorials we can glean the names of the men who died. Most served with the Suffolk Regiment but others with disparate regiments. These pages name the men who died and where possible details of them. A background to the Boer War itself can be found here and information relating to the various actions that these men were involved in. Further,researched information is always welcome.

BFF Alderton	Cambridge Trp.	1st King’s Dragoon Guards
F Andrews	Whittlesford Pte.	Scots Guards
J Askham	2nd Corporal	Royal Engineers
TG Baker	Corporal	Grenadier Guards
J Barnes	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial]	Suffolk Regiment
Samuel Barnes	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial] 2196, Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.	1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment.
H Barton	Cambridge Pte.	Royal Fusiliers
FSH Best	Cambridge Pte.	3rd King’s Royal Rifles
RJ Bird	Cambridge Pte.	1st Manchester
D Brown	Private	Imperial Yeomanry
WE Bulman	Cambridge Sgt.	Imperial Yeomanry
E Canham	Cambridge Sgt.	King’s Royal Rifles
A Cawthorn	17623 Bombardier, died of disease on 19 April 1902 at Elandsfontein while serving with the 27th Mounted Infantry.	Royal Field Artillery
J Chase	Lt and Qtr. Master Died Modder River, 3rd February 1900, age 41.	Scots Guards.
T Cheverton	Cambridge Pte.	Army Ordnance Corps
JC Clayton	Dullingham Trp.	19th Hussars
G Cornwall	Cambridge Trp.	5th Lancers
William Scott Cowell	Chesterton Pte.	Yorkshire Light Infantry
AH Daw	Private	Suffolk Regiment
W Day	Bassingbourn Pte.	2nd Grenadier Guards
Albert William Daynes	Cambridge Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
AG Doggett	Cherryhinton Trp.	5th Lancers
T Dunklin[g]	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial]	Suffolk Regiment
AG Everitt	Chesterton Cpl.	19th Hussars
SC Few	Cambridge Pte.	Imperial Yeomanry
Arthur Frost	Private, killed in action Spion Kop, South Africa 24/1/1900 age 22. Son of Stephen & Jane Frost of Benwick. Also commemorated on the Doddington War Memorial.	Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry
B Garner	Fulbourn Trp.	British South African Police
C Hall	Croydon Pte.	Roberts’ Horse
S Hancock	Cherryhinton Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
BM Head	Balsham Sgt.	Kitchener’s Horse
E Hills	Cambridge Trp.	Imperial Light Horse
WT Hogg	Cherryhinton Sgt.	1st York and Lancaster
Alfred Housden	Swaffam Prior Sgt.	Suffolk Regiment
A Howard	Cambridge Pte.	Army Service Corps
J Howes	Bassingbourn Pte.	Bedfordshire
HW Hutt	Cambridge Trp.	19th Hussars
W Ingrey	Cambridge Pte.	Durham Light Infantry
A Jaggard	Hinxton Trp.	2nd Life Guards
HE Jessop	Corporal	Grenadier Guards
AG King	Private	20th (Rough Riders) Mounted Infantry
Fredk Chas King	Saffron Walden Pte.	3rd Cambs. Volunteer Batt., Suffolk Reg.
FF Morley	Bassingbourn Pte.	2nd Beds. Volunteers
A Mossley	Cambridge L/Cpl.	3rd Lancashire Fusiliers
FM Newling	Isleham Sgt.	Cape Town Highlanders
Herbert HH Nixon	Lce. Corporal [On Cambridgeshire Memorial] 5230, Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Corporal on memorial. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.	1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment.
V Osborne	Chesterton Trp.	3rd Dragoon Guards
HW Pannifer	A. B.	H.M.S. Powerful
H Parker	Cambridge Pte.	Norfolk
WJ Parker	Cambridge Pte.	Imperial Yeomanry
HS Parnell	Sapper	Royal Engineers
HJ Pauley	Cambridge L/Cpl.	Rifle Brigade
J Pearson	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial]	Suffolk Regiment
David Peters	Trumpington Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
J Plumb	Cambridge Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
BJ Poulter	Elsworth Sgt.	Army Service Corps
H Powers	Private	Manchester Regiment
George Prigg	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial] 4812, Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.	1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment.
Henry Prigg	Private	Manchester Regiment
J Rossendale	Bassingbourn Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
W Savage	Private	Bedfordshire Regiment
H Smith	Cambridge Trp.	17th Lancers
HJ Smith	Cottenham Pte.	Bedfordshire
William Smith	Pampisford Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
Herbert Foster Wentworth Stanley	Longstowe Capt. Died of wounds at Dewetsdorp, 28th April 1900, age 36.	9th Lancers
William James Stock	Cambridge. Pte. No 4745 born 7th October 1879 England, served in - Cambridgeshire Territorial Regiment which was allied to the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment died 6th January 1900 aged 21 at Colesberg (Suffolk Hill). Buried Colesberg (Suffolk Hill).	Suffolk Regiment
E Tabor	Cambridge Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
Frederick Thompson	Shingay Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
AR Townsend	Fordham Cpl.	Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry
John Vaughan	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial] Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.	1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment.
G Wallis	Stetchworth Pte.	Northumberland Fusiliers
John Ward	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial]	Suffolk Regiment
TS Warren	Harston Trp.	1st (Royal) Dragoons
BW Williams	Cambridge Trp.	1st King’s Dragoon Guards
HH Wilson	Cambridge Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
S Wood	Great Chishill Pte.	Army Service Corps
Stanley Woodward	Corporal	Rifle Brigade
WS Woolard	Kirtling Pte.	Suffolk Regiment
P Wright	Private [On Cambridgeshire Memorial]	Suffolk Regiment
R Young	Corporal	Norfolk Regiment