The South African War 1899 to 1902





Strictly speaking, this was the 2nd Boer War, but since we lost the first one, that tends to be sidelined

The South African War was the first time we actually recognised the rank and file, the "Other Ranks". Previously there may have been the odd memorial in a church, placed by relatives of an officer. The South Africa War saw the beginning of war memorials as we now know them and Bury St.Edmunds has a particularly fine example.

This section here will take some time to complete, there being 193 names. I had no idea that there were so many. Mind you, disease accounted for a great number of the deaths, rather than bullets and artillery. On the memorial they are grouped in Regiments/Corps, but I have put them in alphabetical order for convenience.

I have tended to look at all the names on a memorial plaque regardless of their origin, but in this case, the numbers are quite daunting so I hope I will forgiven if I list all of them but in the goodness of time expand on those who were natives of Bury St.Edmunds. I will therefore identify these in magenta on this page. If any of the others are from villages in this website, hopefully I can get their details and make their entry here a link to their village memorial pages. Viewers will definitely need to be patient as this memorial presents a whole new set of search problems.

ALLENSBY, G.A.

.....Pte..Suffolk Regt Mounted Infantry..26-2-1901

ANASLEY, W.

.....L/Cpl..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

ARBON, A.

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..20-9-1900

ARNULL, Thomas A.

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

ARROWSMITH, Henry

.....L/Sgt..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

ATTWELL. James M.

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

BAKER, John

.....Sgt..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

BALTYER, William

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

BANTOCK, W.

.....L/Cpl..2nd Bn..Bedfordshire Regt..25-2-1901

BARKER, Albert.

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..30-6-1900

BARNES, J.

.....Pte..4th Mounted Inf. Suffolk Regt..22-12-1901

BARNES, Samuel

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

BARRETT, G.R.K.

.....Pte..Suffolk Regt

BEDWELL, Albert

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..14-11-1900

BOCOCK

.....Trooper..44th Imperial Yeomanry

BOSWORTH, J.

.....Pte..28th Regt Mounted Inf..Suffolk Regt..31-3-1902

BOYCE, W.

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..22-5-1901

BRIDGE, Arthur

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

BROWN, Arthur

.....Capt..2st Bn..Suffolk Regt..26-1-1900

BROYD, Frank

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..11-7-1900

BRUNNING, A.

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..8-6-1900

BRUTY, George

.....Pte..1sr Bn..Suffolk Regt..31-5-1900

BUTCHER, Alfred

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..12-6-1900

CALTHORPE, C.

.....Sgt..Royal Berkshire Regt..20-9-1900

CALTON, F.

.....Pte..13th Hussars

CAMPAN, C.

.....Pte..Essex Regt

CAREY, Seymour

.....Lieut..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..6-1-1900

CAWLEY, William J.

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..5-6-1900

CHAPMAN, M.

.....Pte..28th Mounted Inf..Suffolk Regt..2-3-1902

CHENERY, A.

.....Pte..Army Ordnance Corps..6-4-1901

COBBIN, William

.....Pte..1st Bn..Suffolk Regt..5-7-1900

COBBOLD, C.

.....Pte..King's Own Yorkshire Lt Infantry

COBBOLD, H.

.....Pte..28th Mounted Inf..Suffolk Regt..7-3-1902

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