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