Roll of Honour - Lancashire - Rochdale South African War (Boer)

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ROCHDALE SOUTH AFRICAN (BOER) WAR MEMORIAL

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Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2008

The memorial takes the form of a rectangular bronze plaque, with the inscription in relief with a central cast wreath in relief, and a floral border with minature Gothic arches on the sides again in relief. The plaque is fixed to the Rochdale Town Hall, The Esplanade, Rochdale. There are 42 names listed with rank and service. Their names are sorted into alphabetical order here for ease of research and reading.

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN AND NURSING SISTERS OF ROCHDALE WHO DIED IN
SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY

APPLEGATE	David J	Private 791, St. John's Ambulance Brigade. Died of disease at Bloemfontein 17th September 1901.
BOWEN	Walter	[Private] Trooper 629, South African Constabulary. Died of enteric at Thaba Nchu 23rd March 1901.
BUTTERWORTH	John J	Corporal 8322, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of enteric at Middelburg 13th November 1900.
BUTTERWORTH	Joshua	Private, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
CARTER	Thomas	Private 1147, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died of disease at Buffalo River, Jager's Drift 9th November 1900.
CAVENEY	Thomas	Private, Lancashire Fusiliers
COUPE	Benjamin	Private, Lancashire Fusiliers
CRABTREE	Thomas	Private 3219, 9th Lancers. Wounded 28th April 1900, died of wounds at Thaba Nchu, near Springhannek 30th April 1900.
CROSBY	James	Private 5223, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action at Spioenkop 24th January 1900.
CRYER	Joseph W	Sergeant 3670, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of disease at Johhanesburg 7th February 1901.
FISHWICK	Caroline	Nursing Sister, Army Nursing Service Reserve.
FRAZER	James	Private, Northumberland Fusiliers
GELLATLY	John	Trooper 657 , Royal Horse Guards. Killed in action at Paardeberg 20th February 1900.
GREENWODD	Frederick	Private 2406, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of disease at Harrismith 4th June 1901. Roman Catholic.
HANLEY	Frank	Private, 23rd Company, Imperial Yeomanry
HANNAH	James	Private, Lancashire Fusiliers. Resident Milnrow
HEALEY	Henry T	Sergeant 3157, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Died of enteric at Green Point, Cape Town 29th July 1900. Aged 35.
HEYWOOD	F	No further information currently available
HOLT	Charles	Private, 23rd Company, Imperial Yeomanry
HOLT	Patrick T	Private, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
HOLT	Samuel	Private 15424, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of disease at the General Hospital, Newcastle 13th December 1901. Aged 27. Also commemorated on RAMC Memorial, Gun Hill, Aldershot.
HOPKINS	Thomas	Private 4631, 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died of dysentery at Kimberley 15th November 1900. Roman Catholic.
ISHERWOOD	Richard	Private 20511, 23rd Company, 8th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Killed in action Middelpos 5th February 1902.
JACKSON	John T	Private 5540, 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died of enteric at Woodstock, Cape Town 18th March 1900.
JONES	Dennis	Private 7868, 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died of disease at Bloemfontein 20th January 1901. Resident Milnrow
KENYON	William	Lance Corporal, Lancashire Fusiliers. Resident Milnrow
KIERNAN	Fred J	Private 4003, 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died of disease at Noupoort 8th April 1900.
LOOKER	William	Private, 23rd Company, Imperial Yeomanry
MACKIN	Thomas	Private 5518, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of disease at Pretoria 26th January 1901. Buried in Pretoria. Grave 78.
POLLITT	Frank	Private 3374, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Wounded 24th January 1900, died of wounds at Mount Alice, Spioenkop 2nd February 1900.
ROGERS	Tom	Private 3126, 10th Hussars. Died of disease at Krugersdorp 5th September 1900.
RUANE	John	Private 831, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died of disease at Bloemfontein 12th April 1900.
SCHOFIELD	James	Private, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
SHORE	Thomas	Private, Manchester Regiment
SMITH	Alfred	Private 6840, 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died of disease at Bloemfontein 30th May 1900.
SMITH	David	Sergeant 2839, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed when accidentally shot at Dundas Farm Post 8th April 1902.
STINSON	John	Private 3348, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action at Spioenkop 24th January 1900.
TAYLOR	Thomas	Private, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
TURNER	John	Private 4684, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died in the United Kingdom 15th March 1901. Aged 24. Buried in Netley Cemetery, Southampton. Grave 227. Wesleyan.
VAREY	Jacob	Private 5287, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action at Spioenkop 24th January 1900.
WATSON	Agnes A	Nursing Sister, Army Nursing Service Reserve. Died of disease at Johannesburg 24th March 1902.
YATES	John	Private, Manchester Regiment

Last updated 22 April, 2011

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