OFFICERS DIED: SOUTH AFRICA 1899 - 1902


HALL - Lieutenant Lewis Duval - 2/Rifle Brigade
  Killed in action at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith. 6th Jan. 1900. Aged 25. Son of Lewis Duval Hall, of Taverham Hall, Norwich. Born 1875. Served Sudan 1898 (medal and bar).

HALL - 2nd Lieutenant Rupert Henry - 4/Derbyshire Regt.
Wounded at Roodeval. Died 15th June 1900.

HALL - Captain S. E. - 34th Co. 11th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
Killed in action at Tweefontein. 25th Dec. 1900.

HALL - Lieutenant W. - South African Light Horse
Died of enteric at Heilbron. 23rd Nov. 1901.

HAMBRO - 2nd Lieutenant Norman Joachim - 1/King's Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action at Talana Hill. 20th Oct. 1899. Aged 21. Born February 1878.

HAMILTON - Captain H. C. W. - Queensland M.I.
Died of dysentry at Marandellas. 12th July 1900.

HAMILTON - Lieutenant Henry Rice - South African Constabulary
Wounded at Kromellenboorg, 29th June 1901. Died 1st July.

HAMILTON - Lieutenant John David - 12th Lancers
Died of enteric at Kroonstad. 22nd May 1900. Aged 21. Son of Lord Hamilton, of Dalzell. Born December 1878.

HANCOCK - 2nd Lieutenant Calverly Trevelyan - Imperial Yeomanry
Killed in action at Bethlehem. 13th July 1900. Aged 21. Son of Rev. Prebendary Hancock, of Dunster, Somerset. Born April 1879.

HANCOCK - Lieutenant F. E. - Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
Died of enteric at Pietermaritzburg. 15th Jan. 1902.

HANBURY - 2nd Lieutenant Edward Mansfield - 2/East Yorkshire Regt.
Killed in action at Jagersfontein. 13th Oct. 1900. Aged 20. Born August 1880.

HANKEY - Lieutenant Hugh Martin Alers - 2/Royal Warwickshire Regt.
Killed in action at Paardeberg. 18th Feb. 1900. Aged 27. Born November 1872. Employed with the Egyptian Army 1897-8 and spoke Arabic and Turkish.

HANNAH - Lieutenant William Maitland Julius - Leicestershire Regt.
Killed in action at Dundee. 21st Oct. 1899. Aged 23. Son of Rev. J.J. Hannah, Vicar of Brighton at St Peter’s Church. A chancel pillar on which is carved a stone memorial with the Leicestershire Regiment’s tiger was dedicated to Lt. Hannah.
I.C. Hannah’s book, The Sussex Coast (1912) is dedicated -
'to A Sussex Worthy who rests in a distant land; MY BROTHER who fell fighting that Sussex and South Africa might share a flag; this work is dedicated with affection and with reverence.'

HANNAY - Colonel Ormelie Campbell - Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Killed in action near Paardeberg. 18th Feb. 1900. Aged 51. Born December 1848. Served Zululand 1879 (medal). Served as ADC to the Major-General, Bengal 1886 and ADC to Lieutenant-General, Bombay 1186-87.

HANNUM - Lieutenant C. T. - Border Scouts
Died of bronchitis at Kenhardt. 19th April 1901.

HANWELL - Major Joseph - 39th Battery Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action near Ventersburg. 30th Oct. 1900. Aged 39. Born July 1861. Served Burma 1886 (medal and bar).

HARBORD - 2nd Lieutenant Horatio - 3/South Wales Borderers
Killed in action at Elandslaagte. 25th Feb. 1902. Son of Ralph and Elizabeth Harbord. Born March 1875. Buried at Klerksdorp.

HARDING - 2nd Lieutenant J. D. - Imperial Yeomanry
Died of enteric at Germiston. 3rd June 1901. Served with the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry.

HARDING - Lieutenant John Edgar - Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard
Died of wounds at Uitkyk. 11th Feb. 1901.

HARDMAN - Captain John Wreford Julian - 1st Royal Dragoons
Died at Pinetown Bridge, Natal. 30th March 1900. Aged 37. Born January 1863.

HARDWICK - Lieutenant Stephen Thomas - Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action at Tweefontein. 25th Dec. 1901. Aged 25. Son of Phillip C. Hardwick. Born April 1876. Employed on survey work in Egypt 1897-8. Commanded a Pom-Pom section in South Africa. QSA and 4 bars.

HARLAND - Lieutenant Edwyn - 2/Hampshire Regt.
Killed in action at  the Relief of Mafeking. 16th May 1900. Aged 27. Born July 1872. He was killed while saving the life of another officer.

HARPER - Lieutenant J. F. - 4th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
Killed in action at Ladismith, Cape Colony. 10th Sept. 1901.

HARRIS - Lieutenant Eustace Malim - Royal Irish Fusiliers
Killed in action at Machadodorp. 8th Jan. 1901. Aged 26. Born August 1874.

HARRIS - Captain Owen - Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regt.
Died of enteric. 9th Oct. 1901. Aged 37. Son of Francis Harris, of London. Born November 1863. Wounded twice.

HARRISON - Captain Charles Frederick - Royal Canadian Dragoons
Died of enteric at Wynberg. 10th June 1900.

HARRISON - Lieutenant John Collison - 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
Wounded near Belfast, 26th Aug. 1900. Died at Pretoria 3rd Sept. Aged 31. Born August 1869.

HARRISON - Lieutenant W. - New South Wales M.I.
Died at Wynberg. 6th May 1900.

HARTLEY - Lieutenant G. - Steinacker's Horse
Killed in action near Tweebosch. 7th March 1902. Aged 25. Son of R.W. Hartley, manager of the National Provincial Bank, Brighton. Originally served with Paget's Horse.

HARVEY - Lieutenant A. V. - Scott's Railway Guards
Died at Devondale.

HARVEY - Major Charles Bateson - 10th Hussars
Killed in action near Colesberg. 4th Jan. 1900. Aged 41. Son of Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, of Langley Park, Buckinghamshire. Born January 1859. Served Egypt 1884 (medal and bar, Khedive's star).

HARVEY - Captain J. A. - 10th Co. 4th Contingent new Zealand M.I.
Killed in action at Eland's River. 16th Aug. 1900.

HARVEY - Captain Thomas - Rimington's Guides
Wounded at Strydenburg, 24th Feb. 1901. Died at De Aar, 1st March.

HASTIE - Lieutenant Basil Hepburn - 2/Royal West Surrey Regt.
Killed in action on the Tugela. 23rd Feb. 1900. Aged 25. Born May 1874.

HASTINGS - Lieutenant Mark - 1st Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
Killed in action at Reitz. 10th Nov. 1901. Son of W.S. Hastings, of Wimbledon.

HAWKES - Captain Lawrence Harry - 2/Welsh Regt.
Died at Barberton. 13th Nov. 1900. Aged 36. Born March 1864.

HAWLEY - Major Francis Henry Toovey - 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
Died at Bloemfontein. 27th April 1900. Aged 39. Son of General Hawley (formerly Deputy-Adjutant-General to the Army). Born August 1860.

HAY-COGHLAN - Lieutenant Percy Hay - Royal Artillery
Killed in action 19th Sept. 1901. Aged 23. Son of William Mant Hay-Coghlan (Indian Civil Service) and grandson of General Sir W.W. Coghlan, KCB (Royal Artillery). Born March 1878.

HEAD - Captain Leonard - 1/East Lancashire Regt.
Wounded at Zand River, 10th May 1900. Died next day. Aged 32. Born June 1867. Served Chitral 1895 (medal & bar).
Memorial in Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth - "In loving memory of Leonard Head Captain XXX (East Lancashire) Regiment who died of wounds received in action while serving with the 8th Mounted Infantry at the Zand River S. Africa May 11 1900 aged 32 years."

HEATH - Major Edward Kermode - 3/South Lancashire Regt.
Killed in a train crash near America Siding. 17th May 1901. Aged 38. Son of Edward Heath, of Manchester. Married in 1887. Commanding No.6 armoured train when killed.

HEBDEN - Captain Wilfrid Arthur - 1/Essex Regt.
Died of enteric at De Aar. 28th Jan. 1900. Aged 32. Born February 1867.

HELSHAM - Lieutenant Somerville - 11th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
Killed in action at Bankfontein. 25th Nov. 1901.

HELYAR - Colonel Charles Welman Hawker - 7th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
Murdered by Boers on the 26th July 1900. Aged 55. Educated at Cheltenham College. Son of C.J. Helyar, of Pitminster, Somerset. Born August 1844. Served with the 3rd Hussars 1879-1895.

HEMMINGWAY - Lieutenant F. L. - Menne's Scouts
Killed in action near Standerton. About 5th May 1901.

HENRY - Lieutenant Robert Clive Bolton - 2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Killed in action at Colenso. 15th Dec. 1899. Aged 20. Born February 1879.

HENSLEY - Captain Charles Albert - 2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Wounded near Venter's Spruit. Died of wounds 20th Jan. 1900. Aged 34. Son of Albert W. Hensley, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born September 1865 at Prince Edward Island. Educated at Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada. Married 18 months before he died.

HERRON - Captain Robert Douglas - 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
Killed in action at Leeuwkop. 1st April 1902. Aged 34. Born August 1867.

HESKETH - Lieutenant Algernon Ernest - 16th Lancers
Killed in action near Kimberley. 15th Feb. 1900. Aged 25. Born November 1874.

HEWETT - Lieutenant Arthur Wedderburn - 1/Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Killed in action at Hartebeestfontein. 16th Feb. 1901. Aged 25. Born December 1875.

HICHENS - Captain Thomas Sikes - Royal Field Artillery
Died of enteric at Bloemfontein. 11th June 1900. Aged 30. Born September 1869.

HICKS - Captain Charles Herbert - Lancashire Fusiliers
  Killed in action at Spion Kop. 24th Jan. 1900. Aged 37. Born April 1862.

HILL - 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Montgomery - 1/Royal Irish Fusiliers
Killed in action at Talana Hill. 20th Oct. 1899. Aged 22. Born September 1877.

HILL - 2nd Lieutenant Henry Norman - Royal Artillery
Killed in action at Kleinfontein. 24th Oct. 1901. Aged 24. Educated at Cheltenham College. Born August 1877.

HILL - Lieutenant Hugh Rowley - Royal Field Artillery
Died at Harrismith. 28th July 1902. Aged 22. Born February 1880.

HILL - 2nd Lieutenant William Henry Tucker - 5th Lancers
Killed in action at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith. 6th Jan. 1900. Aged 26. Son of James Ledger Hill, of Combe Grove, Bath. Born May 1873.

HILLIARD - Major George, M.B., C.M.G. - Royal Army Medical Corps
Wounded on patrol at Ingog, 5th Sept. 1900. Died at General Hospital, Newcastle 2 days later. Aged 37. Born October 1862. Served Ashanti 1895 (star, CMG). A tablet was placed over his grave -
"Erected in grateful remembrance of the devoted care he rendered her husband, by Beatrice Princess Henry of Battenberg."

HILL-TREVOR - Lieutenant Nevill Windsor - Thornycroft's M.I.
Killed in action at Spion Kop. 24th Jan. 1900. Aged 31. Son of Lord Trevor. Born 1869. Served 2nd Life Guards 1893-97.

HINKS - Captain Ernest - Middleburg District Mounted Troops
Wounded near Middleburg, May 9th 1902. Died next day. Aged 26. Son of J. Hinks, of Kenilworth. Born April 1876. Emigrated to South Africa in 1893 and farmed near Hanover, Cape Colony.

HINTON - Lieutenant Claude Harington - East Surrey Regt.
Killed in action on the Tugela. 23rd Feb. 1900. Aged 26. Born April 1873.

HIPWELL - Captain Malcolm George - South Australian Bushmen
Died at Kroonstad.

HIRTZEL - Lieutenant Guy Dashwood - South African Constabulary
Died of dysentry at Tafel Kop. 23rd April 1902. Son of George Hitrzel, of Exeter.

HOBBS - Lieutenant Frank H. - 5th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
Died of enteric at Lichtenburg. 6th February 1902.

HOBBS - Major Herbert Thomas de Carteret - 1/West Yorkshire Regt.
Killed in action at Honing Spruit. 22nd June 1900. Aged 43. Son of Colonel T.F. Hobbs (6th Foot) and grandson of Captain Thomas Hobbs (92nd Highlanders, wounded at Quatre Bras). Born April 1857. Buried at Kroonstad.

HOBSON - Lieutenant Richard Leigh Clare - 4/King's Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action at Schippen's Farm. 5th June 1900. Aged 24. Son of Richard Hobson, of Bromborough, Cheshire. Born April 1876.

HODGE - Captain William Buller Chapell - 6th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
Wounded at Cypherfontein, 31st Oct. 1900. Died next day. Aged 35. Son of Chapell Hodge, of Pounds, near Plymouth. Born April 1865. Served 12th Lancers 1887-92.

HODGSON - Lieutenant Nevil Bursey - Army Service Corps
Died of enteric at Pretoria. 27th May 1902. Son of Nevil L. Hodgson, of Woolwich. Had previously served in the Cape Police.

HOGG - Lieutenant J. Quarrier - Staff - Intelligence Department
Wounded in action. Died at Jamestown, 4th June 1901. Commissioned in the South African Mounted Irregular Forces.

HOLLING - Lieutenant A. R. - 1st Imperial Light Horse
Killed at Hartebeestfontein. 22nd March 1901.

HOLT - Lieutenant - Uitenhage Volunteers
Died at Port Elizabeth. 2nd May 1900.

HOLT - Captain Robert Hughtrede Edward - Royal Army Medical Corps
Died of wounds at Groblers Kloof. 21st Feb. 1900. Aged 33. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel R.W. Holt (Royal Marine Light Infantry) and great-grandson of Lieutenant-General Sir H. King (5th Fusiliers, served in the Peninsula). Born July 1886. Served Tirah 1897 (medal and 2 bars). Buried near Fort Wyllie.

HOMAN - 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Charles Fitzgerald - Royal Field Artillery
Died of enteric at Naauwpoort. 11th May 1900. Aged 21. Son of Rev. J.F. Homan, rector of Chicklade, near Hindon. Born July 1878. Serving with the Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment when he died.

HOOD - Captain Alexander Nelson - 1st Central India Horse
Killed in action at Elandslaagte. 25th Feb. 1902. Aged 28. Son of Alexander Frederick Hood. Born October 1873. Served with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa.
Memorial at St. Davids Church, Airmyn, Humberside -
"In loving memory of Capt. Alexr Nelson Hood, C.I.H. Born October 21st 1873. Killed in action at Izernspruit, Klerksdorp, S. Africa while serving with Imperial Yeomanry Febry 28th 1902. This tablet is erected by his father, brother and sisters."

HOPKINS - Captain W. F. - Medical Staff, Victorian Infantry
Died of enteric at Naauwpoort. 27th March 1900.

HORLEY - 2nd Lieutenant Bernard Joyce - 4/Derbyshire Regt.
Killed in action at Roodeval. 7th June 1900. Aged 20. Sn of Rev. J.T. Horley, of Harrow. Born July 1881.

HOSKIER - Lieut-Colonel F. H. - 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery Corps
Killed in action at Stormberg. 23rd Feb. 1900.

HOWARD - Major Arthur L. , DSO. - Canadian Scouts
Killed in action at Evergreen, Eastern Transvaal. 17th Feb. 1901. DSO 1901.

HOWELL - Lieutenant Edward Gronow - 2/Derbyshire Regt.
Killed in action at Blesboklaagte. 12th Feb. 1902. Aged 23. Son of J.H. Howell, of Bristol. Born February 1879.

HUBBE - Captain Samuel Grau - South Australian Bushmen
Killed in action at Ottoshoop. 12th Sept. 1900.

HUDDART - Midshipman Cymbeline Alonso Edric - H.M.S. 'Doris'
Died of wounds at Graspan, 25th Nov. 1899. Aged 18. Son of James Huddart, of Eastbourne. Buried at Enslin.

HUDSON - Major Anthony Thomas Philip - 1/Manchester Regt.
Wounded at Elandspuit, 19th Dec. 1901. Died next day. Aged 43. Born February 1858.

HUDSON - Lieutenant John Stanley - West Kent Imperial Yeomanry
Killed in action at Tweefontein. 25th Dec. 1901. Aged 27. Son of John Hudson, of Japan. Born October 1874 at Yokohama, Japan. Lived in North America 1892-99.

HUGHES - Lieutenant Albert Lionel Westropp - 2/Royal Irish Fusiliers
Died of enteric at Pretoria. 18th Feb. 1901. Aged 28. Son of J.H. Hughes. Born July 1872.

HUGHES - Lieutenant Louis Campbell - 2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
Killed in action at Tweefontein. 14th November 1901. Aged 24. Son of General Sir William Hughes, KCB.

HUGHES - Captain Matthew Louis - Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action at Colenso. 15th Dec. 1899. Aged 32. Son of Colonel Emilius Hughes, CB, of Guildford. Born 1867.

HULL - 2nd Lieutenant Herbert Dauntesey - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers
Killed in action at Lichtenburg. 3rd March 1901. Aged 23. Born March 1878.

HULSE - Major Charles Westrow - Imperial Yeomanry
Killed in action at Braklaagte. 4th June 1901.

HUMPHREYS - 2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Knowles - Army Service Corps
Died of enteric at Bloemfontein. 20th April 1901. Aged 22. Son of George B. Humphreys, of Halifax, Yorkshire. Born December 1878.

HUNNARD - Captain Frank,  DSO. - Army Service Corps
Died of enteric at Newcastle. 13th June 1900. Aged 27. Son of John Francis Hunnard, of London. Born January 1873. Served Nile 1898 (medal, DSO). QSA and 2 bars.

HUNT - Lieutenant O. D. - 31st Co. Imperial Yeomanry
Died of Bright's disease at Johannesburg. 20th Dec. 1901.

HUNT - Captain Percy Frederick - Bushveldt Carabiniers
Killed in action at Daivel's Kloof, North Transvaal. 6th Aug. 1901.

HUNTER - Lieutenant J. - Volunteer Co. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Died of enteric at Heilbron. 30th June 1900.

HUTCHINSON - Major F. - Imperial Light Horse
Died of dysentry at Harrismith. 13th April 1902.

HUTTON - 2nd Lieutenant Stamford Henry - 1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of enteric at Ladysmith. 15th April 1900. Aged 20. Son of Albert Hutton, of Swanlibar, Co. Cavan. Born January 1880.

HYLTON-JOLLIFFE - Lieutenant John C. - 3/Norfolk Regt.
Died of wounds at Paardeberg, 20th Feb. 1900.


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