Boer War-Royal Welsh O-Z

Boer and Waziristan war memorials (surnames O-Z)

Below are details of men from the Wrexham area, belonging to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died in the Boer War.

With thanks to Alwyn Evans of Clwyd Family History Society for this research.

Rank, Name,& Service NumberServiceDiedDetailsCemetery
Rank, Name,& Service Number Service Died Details Cemetery
     
Private
H
PADDON
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
H
PARRY

7373
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Vol. Bn.)
21 Jul 1900 Died of enteric fever. Johannesburg
Private
J
PARRY

5900
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
29 Apr 1902 Died of disease. Bloemfontein
Private
C
PAYNE

5830
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
4 Jan 1901 Died of enteric fever.  
Private
W
PERRY

2316
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
9 May 1900 Died of enteric fever. Kimberley
Private
S
PIKE

5721
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
24 Feb 1900 Killed in action at Horse Shoe Hill. Tugela Heights
Private
J
PLANT

5953
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
1 Jun 1900 Died of pneumonia. Kimberley
Private
E J
POOLTAN
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
     
Private
C
PORTER
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
J
PORTER
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
F
POWER
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
H
PURSLOW

6495
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
25 Oct 1901 Died of wounds at Diepdraai. Koffiefontein
Sergeant
J
RAWLE

4790
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
17 Jul 1901 Killed in action at Vlakfontein. ?
Private
G
REILLY
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Bn.)
     
Private
A
RILEY

1028
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
28 Oct 1900 Died of wounds at Bank. Krugersdorp
Private
E
ROBERTS

2728
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
5 Sep 1901 Died of disease. Potchefstroom
Private
H J
ROBERTS

7522
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
28 Dec 1901 Died of disease at Elandsfontein. Germiston
Private
Norman
ROBERTS

7347
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Vol. Bn.)
16 Aug 1900 Died of heart disease. Krugersdorp
Private
N
ROBERTS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Vol. Bn.)
     
Private
P R
ROBERTS

2600
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
25 Oct 1900 Killed in action at Frederikstad. Potchefstroom
Private
R J
ROBERTS

5707
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
28 Jun 1900 Died of enteric fever. Potchefstroom
Private
T
ROBERTS

1296
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Bn.)
15 Nov 1901 Died of disease. Kimberley
Private
J
ROBINSON
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
A
ROGERS
7400
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Vol. Bn.)
12 Sep 1900 Drowned in accident at Vryburg. Kraaipan
Private
L J
ROWLANDS

2223
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Bn.)
5 Apr 1901 Died of enteric fever at Elandsfontein. Germiston
Lieutenant
George Edmund Stevenson
SALT
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
3 Apr 1900 Died of enteric fever at Modder Spruit, Ladysmith. Son of Sir Thomas & Lady Salt, of Weeping Cross, Staffordshire, England. Elandslaagte
Private
W
SAUNDERS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
     
Private
W
SAVAGE

6121
South Africa Field Force

(1st Bn.)
29 Oct 1900 Wounded at Frederikstad on 25 Oct. Died of wounds at Krugersdorp. Krugersdorp
Private
H W
SCOTT
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
J
SCOTT

1994
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
8 Jul 1900 Died of pneumonia. Kimberley
Private
J
SHEPPARD
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
J
SHIPLEY

5821
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
6 Jul 1900 Died of enteric fever. Potchefstroom
Private
C
SMITH

3010
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
11 Mar 1901 Died of peritonitis. Ventersdorp
Private
G H
SMITH

3050
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
6 Apr1901 Died of enteric fever. Kimberley
Private
J
SMITH

2632
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
23 Apr 1900 Died of enteric fever. Estcourt
Private
J
SMITH

5674
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
27 Feb 1900 Died of wounds at Horse Shoe Hill. Chieveley
Private
J
SMITH

2507
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
4 Sep 1900 Died of enteric fever. Krugersdorp
Private
W
SMITH
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
W C
SMITH

5403
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
3 Jul 1900 Died of disease. Kimberley
Private
J
STARKEY

3096
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
18 Jul 1900 Died of enteric fever. Krugersdorp
Lieutenant
Frederic Anderson
STEBBING
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
24 Feb 1900 Killed at Horse Shoe Hill, Tugela. Born Brentford, Middlesex, England. Tugela Heights
Private
T
STEVENS

5764
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
12 Feb 1900 Died at sea. At sea
Private
G
STOKES

7402
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Vol. Bn.)
16 Apr 1900 Died of enteric fever at Ladysmith. Elandslaagte
Private
George
STROUD

4243
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
9 Feb 1900 Drowned while swimming. Chieveley
Corporal
B
SULLIVAN

3539
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
29 Oct 1900 Accidentally shot at Frederikstad. Potchefstroom
Private
W
SWEENEY
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
F
TAYLOR
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(4th Bn.)
     
Private
C
THOMAS
2344
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Bn.)
2 Sep 1901 Died of disease an Orange River Station. Kimberley
Private
H
THOMAS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(4th Bn.)
    Kimberley
Private
J
THOMAS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
J
THOMAS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
P
THOMAS
2987
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
23 May 1901 Killed in action at Witpoortjie. Ventersdorp
Private
T
THOMAS

5729
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
    Potchefstroom
Private
W
THOMAS

3824
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
25 Oct 1900 Killed in action at Frederikstad. Potchefstroom
Private
J
THOMLINSON
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
A
THOMPSON

5295
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
8 Jun 1900 Died of enteric fever. Kimberley
Private
J J
THOMPSON

5360
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
10 May 1900 Died of enteric fever. Pietermaritzburg
Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles Cecil Hayford
THOROLD
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
24 Feb 1900 Killed at Horse Shoe Hill, Tugela. Born Syston, Lincolnshire, England. Husband of Marion Gertrude Thorold. Colenso
Lance Corporal
E
UNDERWOOD

5156
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
25 Oct 1900 Killed in action at Frederikstad. Potchefstroom
Private
Ernest
VIPOND

5854
Natal Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
14 Feb 1900 Died of wounds at Hussar Hill. Son of Thomas & Alice Vipond of Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Also commemorated on the Wallasey War Memorial. Chieveley
Private
D O
WATKINS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Bn.)
     
Private
A
WHITESIDE

5621
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
19 May 1900 Died of enteric fever. Kimberley
Private
G
WILKINSON

5746
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
7 Aug 1900 Killed at Tygerfontein Potchefstroom
Private
W
WILKINSON
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Bn.)
     
Private
E or F
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Bn.)
     
Private
Luther
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers(1st Bn.)    
Private
O
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
     
Private
William
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(3rd Bn.)
25 Oct 1900 Son of Edward Williams, Canalside, Froncysyllte. Killed at the Battle of Frederikstad.  
Private
W
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers(1st Bn.)      
Private
W
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
     
Private
W
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers      
Private
W H
WILLIAMS
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(4th Bn.)
     
Second Lieutenant
John Roger
WILLIAMS-ELLIS
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
9 Oct 1900 Killed at Dwarsvlei. Born Gayton, Northamptonshire, England. Son of Rev. J C Williams-Ellis, of Glasfryn Hall, Llangybi, Caernarfonshire. Krugersdorp
Private
C
WOGAN
Royal Welsh Fusiliers(2nd Bn.)      
Private
Llewellyn Alexander
WRIGHT
§
7590
South Africa Field Force

(1st Vol. Bn.)
5 Jan 1902 Died of disease at Elandsfontein. Germiston
Private
Hugh
WYNNE
7331
South Africa Field Force
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(2nd Vol. Bn.)
24 Jun 1900 Died of enteric fever. Potchefstroom