WAR
MEMORIAL, BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA
Boer
War - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Chris Collier 2008 anf Elaine Thomas 2015
This
memorial at Bloemfontein commemorates the Boer War. It stands in the
local cemetery and commemorated all those who died from the United Kingdom.
Nearby is a further memorial to the men of the Royal Engineers, 20th
Company, who fell.
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From
an old postcard
Below
20th Company, Royal Engineers - Fallen - from an old postcard
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THY
WILL
BE DONE.
ERECTED
BY THE OFF'S
N.C.O.'S AND
MEN OF THE
20th COY., R.E.
AS A TOKEN OF
RESPECT TO
OUR COMRADES
| HADGRAFT |
S |
Sergeant
16757 |
| O'LEARY |
E |
2nd
Corporal 27118. In early 1900, the Company, while at work on the
front lines, seven miles away from camp, got caught in a terrible
sandstorm. They went on a long march back to camp with little water
and "half-suffocated with sand." O'Leary was overcome
by the ordeal and died. |
| ROBB |
A |
2nd
Corporal 25031 |
| BURROWS |
R |
Sapper
28450 |
| DANIELS |
C |
Corporal
20643. Died during the early morning hours of 14 June, 1900. The
sappers were in a skirmish with the Boers near Leeuwspruit and "Spud"
Daniels was shot and mortally wounded by a party of six Boer riders
who attacked their train. |
| PEGG |
A
E |
Lance
Corporal 28312. Wounded in a battle at Roodewal on 7 June 1900.
He died a week later. |
| MAYTUM |
A |
Sapper
29742. Drowned at Norval's Pont (the 20th Coy. was making bridge
repairs there) in the spring of 1900. His body was never recovered. |
| DAVIES |
T |
Sapper
1168. In the summer of 1900, near Johannesburg, Boer saboteurs derailed
the train the 20th Company was riding. Davies was thrown from the
train and one of the cars ran over his arm and leg, severing them.
He died shortly afterwards. |
WHO
DIED DURING THE WAR, 1900
Last
updated
11 March, 2022
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