No. 5059, Private, Arthur HERRINGTON
Aged 27
Queen's South Africa medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Johannesburg
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Arthur HERRINGTON was born in 1874 in Flempton (Thingoe Q1-1873 4A:497), son of Alfred and Eliza HERRINGTON (née SMITH).
1881 census...Aged 7, he was at The Green, Flempton with his father Alfred HERRINGTON [33] a warrener; his mother Eliza [33] born Ilketshall St Margaret; his sister Mary A [11] and Emma [2]; brothers Edmund [10], William [8], Frederick [5] and Charles [3]. All except his mother were born in Flempton 1891 census...Aged 17, a farm labourer, he was still at The Green, Flempton with his parents (father now gamekeeper); brothers William, Frederick and Charles (all farm labourers, and sisters Emma and Lily Maud M [5] born Bury St.Edmunds. He married Clara WEBB from Headington in Oxfordshire in 1899 (St.George, Hanover Square Q1-1899 1a:1176). Their son, Alfred Albert, was born in Q3-1899 |
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.He enlisted in Flempton on 9th November 1894 The 3rd Battalion sailed from Gibraltar in the "Ghoorkha" on 25th October 1899, and arrived at the Cape about 15th November. Along with the 1st and 2nd Coldstreams and the 1st Scots Guards they composed the 1st or Guards Brigade, under Major General Sir H E Colvile. The brigade took Diamond Hill, east of Pretoria, on 11h June so it is strange that Arthur does not have this clasp. The records do not show whether he was killed, died of wounds or died of disease, just that he died in Pretoria.
There was no organisation such as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Casualties were buried whenever possible and if possible, |
