The Boer War in the Manchester Regiment

THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT IN THE BOER WAR 1899-1902

The information on this web page has been taken from the book "A History of Hurst" written by the Reverend Augustus Parry at Christmas 1908, and whilst the order of entries might appear somewhat unique, this is the way they are laid out in the book.The following men were all members of the Manchester Regiment who took part in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902. The web page details those who died in action, those who died from disease and illness, and also has details of those awarded medals or mentioned in despatches.

A Hurst lad who was in the Hampshire Regiment also got a report in the Ashton Reporter. See HERE

The men below lost their lives on 6th January 1900 at Caeser's Camp, and a stome obelisk on top of the nearby hill commemorates their sacrifice.Privates: Butterworth, Jackson, McCabe, Abbott, Brownhill, Bibby, Ashley, Bird, Bradshaw, Bostock, Bartley, Cluer, Parker, Cheetham, Gee, Hartley, Green, Lindsay, J Broadwater, T Davenport, T Kelly, G Farmer, A Mitton, W H Poole, T Hanley, A Longbottom, J Murphy, J Loftus, J Gutterby.

Col- Sergeant Johnson. Sergeants: O'Connor, Williams, Wood. Lance-Sergeant Walsh. Lance Corporals: Leigh, Grainger, P Butterworth. Lance Corporal S Whitehead & Private Frampton died on 9th November 1899 also at Caeser's Camp and their memorial is an Iron Cross with their names on a stone obelisk.The thirteen men named below lost their lives at Elandsgate, Battle Ridge on 21st Oct 1899 and are commemorated by an Iron Cross with the inscription: " here rest thirteen brave soldiers of the Manchester Regiment, killed in action".Privates: Harper, Taylor, Dewhurst, Heath, Williams, Stevenson, Murphy, Mayer, Butle, Newton, Rollinson,Lance Corporals: Delaney, Poyser

Private J Butterworth was killed on 13th November 1899 and is remembered by an Iron Cross at Ladysmith The table below has details of those killed and their burial places

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Date	Rank	Name	Buried At	Comments

11^th May 1900	Private	J Johnson	Brestler's Flats
7^th Jan 1901	Private	T Jones	Pretoria
1^st Dec 1901	Private	J Knight	Lyndenburg
4^th Oct 1901	Private	J Lewis	Witklip
29^th Nov 1901	Private	J Makin	Schonman's Kloof
14^th Dec 1901	Private	J Martin	Lyndenburg
1^st Jan 1902	Private	T Martin	Eland's Spruit
20^th June 1901	Private	W Mills	Springbokfontein
14^th Jan 1902	Private	W Morton	Lyndenburg
16^th Nov 1900	Private	J Munden	Standerton
16^th Nov 1900	Private	J Percival	Standerton
27^th Nov 1900	Private	W Powers	Standerton
8^th Jan 1902	Corporal	S Price	Heidelberg
20^th Dec 1901	Private	R Redford	Eland's Spruit
8^th Nov 1900	Private	J Salt	Lyndenburg
18^th Dec 1900	Private	W Schofield	Pretoria
30^th Mar 1901	Private	R Stewart	Witklip
12^th Nov 1900	Private	J Sutcliffe	Schonman's Kloof
19^th Mar 1901	Private	S Taylor	Elandsfontein
18^th Jul 1901	Private	Toy	Jacobsdal
15^th Sept 1900	Private	J Turnbull	Pretoria
29^th May 1901	Private	J Welsh	Lyndenburg
10^th Oct 1900	Corporal	W Woodsock (Sic)	Near Elandshoek
13^th Jan 1902	Private	J Yates	Standerton
2^nd Aug 1900	Private	T Carter	Charleston	Iron Cross Erected
8^th Aug 1900	Private	W Caton	Charleston	Iron Cross Erected
17^th May 1900	Sergeant	F Sharples	Chieveley	Iron Cross Erected
4^th May 1900	Private	W Kelly	Chieveley	Iron Cross Erected
24^th Mar 1900	Lance-Corporal	H James	Chieveley
24^th Mar 1900	Private	W Burgess	Chieveley
11^th Apr 1900	Private	F Thompson	Chieveley
11^th Apr 1900	Lance-Corporal	F Ladkin	Durban
14^th July 1900	Private	F Birtles	Estcourt
15^th Aug 1900	Private	K Ball	Howick
4^th Feb 1901	Private	G Bird	Howick
14^th Feb 1901	Private	F Howe	Howick
19^th Feb 1901	Private	J Hill	Howick
4^th Feb 1900	Private	Almeida	Intombi Cemetery
26^th Dec 1899	Private	R Beamish	Intombi Cemetery
13^th Feb 1900	Private	E Bland	Intombi Cemetery
28^th Dec 1899	Private	F Bottom	Intombi Cemetery
13^th Jan 1900	Private	J Bowie	Intombi Cemetery
1^st Mar 1900	Private	F Bree	Intombi Cemetery
16^th Jan 1900	Private	T Cluer	Intombi Cemetery
17^th Feb 1900	Private	R Cooper	Intombi Cemetery
9^th Jan 1900	Private	T Crinion	Intombi Cemetery
30^th Dec 1899	Private	P Cronin	Intombi Cemetery
7^th Mar 1900	Colour-Sergeant	T Curtiss	Intombi Cemetery
18^th Feb 1900	Private	R Emfrey	Intombi Cemetery
14^th Feb 1900	Private	A Fincher	Intombi Cemetery
4^th Mar 1900	Private	R Gough	Intombi Cemetery
16^th Feb 1900	Private	R Greaves	Intombi Cemetery
26^th Feb 1900	Private	W Hastie	Intombi Cemetery
11^th Feb 1900	Private	R Jarvis	Intombi Cemetery
4^th Mar 1900	Private	J Kenyon	Intombi Cemetery
19^th Dec 1899	Private	C Kirkwood	Intombi Cemetery
18^th Feb 1900	Private	T Neal	Intombi Cemetery
16^th Feb 1900	Private	C Payne	Intombi Cemetery
24^th Jan 1900	Private	W Ryan	Intombi Cemetery
20^th Feb 1900	Drummer	A Saville	Intombi Cemetery
8^th Feb 1900	Private	M Smith	Intombi Cemetery
22^nd Jan 1900	Private	J Stewart	Intombi Cemetery
22^nd Jan 1900	Private	E Stone	Intombi Cemetery
26^th Jan 1900	Private	A Taylor	Intombi Cemetery
9^th Feb 1900	Private	C Toomey	Intombi Cemetery
21^st Feb 1900	Private	A White	Intombi Cemetery
7^th Feb 1900	Private	J Yates	Intombi Cemetery
29^th Mar 1900	Private	Bent	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
4^th Apr 1900	Private	Banks	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
16^th Mar 1900	Private	Carey	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
11^th Apr 1900	Private	Cook	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
13^th Apr 1900	Private	Coleman	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
23^rd Oct 1899	Sergeant	J Delaney	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
16^th Mar 1900	Private	Davies	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
29^th Mar 1900	Lance-Corporal	Dickson	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
10^th Apr 1900	Private	Dousten ( Vol)	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
16^th Mar 1900	Private	Feaher	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
12^th Apr 1900	Private	Gildet	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
24^th Oct 1899	Private	Heath	Ladysmith	Marble Cross
13^th Mar 1900	Private	Holden	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
10^th Nov 1899	Bandsman	Jackson	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
1^st Apr 1900	Private	Mackay	Ladysmith	Cross Erected
10^th Nov 1899	Bandsman	McCabe	Ladysmith	Cross Erected
8^th Jun 1900	Private	W Nadin	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
5^th Nov 1899	Private	G Powzer	Ladysmith	Cross Erected
28^th April 1900	Lance-Corporal	Pollock	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
20^th Jan 1900	Private	Stafford	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
8^th Feb 1900	Private	Sharpe	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
9^th Apr 1900	Private	Scott	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
15^th May 1900	Private	Varley	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
3^rd Jun 1900	Private	Unsworth	Ladysmith	Iron Cross Erected
8^th Jun 1900	Private	W Bowen	Modder Spruit
28^th Jun 1900	Private	J Finningan	Modder Spruit
29^th Jun 1900	Lance-Corporal	J Lloyd	Modder Spruit
26^th Apr 1900	Corporal	J Beery	Mooi River
30^th May 1900	Private	C Matthews	Mooi River
1^st Dec 1900	Private	J Lilley	Mooi River
20^th Nov 1899	Private	J Berry	Pietermaritzburg
29^th Jun 1900	Private	F Bunn	Pietermaritzburg
15^th Nov 1899	Private	F Johnson	Pietermaritzburg
21^st Nov 1899	Private	W Lee	Pietermaritzburg
28^th Jun 1900	Private	J Rush	Pietermaritzburg
15^th May 1900	Private	F Turpin	Pietermaritzburg
26^th Oct 1900	Private	G Williams	Pietermaritzburg
31^st May 1900	Lieutenant	C G Davied	Wounded at Elandsgate
20^th Dec 1901	Major	A T P Hudson	Wounded at Elands Spruit
14^th Feb 1901	Captain	J E T Crichton	Wounded in action to the West of Helvetia
22^nd Jan 1902	Captain	A Menzie	Wounded in action at Paardeplatz
3^rd Feb 1901	Private	A Baker	Bethlehem
26^th Jan 1900	Private	W Bennett	Bloemfontaine
9^th Nov 1900	Private	H Bigg	Verde Cemetery
12^th Jun 1900	Private	J H Blaker	Bloemfontaine
2^nd Mar 1902	Private	W Borrow	Wynburg Grave 177
1^st Jan 1902	Private	J Brindle	Wynburg Grave 143
1^st Nov 1900	Private	J Brown	Harrismith
4^th Jan 1900	Private	W Buckett	Wynburg
12^th Jun 1902	Private	D Burke	Norval's Pont Grave 128
31^st Jan 1900	Private	M Caine	Harrismith
5^th Mar 1901	Private	H Clarke	Bethlehem
9^th Apr 1901	Private	J Crowe	Harrismith
12^th Feb 1901	Private	G Crossland	Harrismith
16^th Jun 1900	Private	R Doyle	Senekal
23^rd Mar 1901	Private	T Edmunds	Harrismith
27^th Dec 1900	TCR	W Farrell	Harrismith
20^th Nov 1901	Lance-Corporal	J Greaves	Harrismith
4^th Jun 1901	Private	F Greenwood	Harrismith
30^th Sept 1900	Private	W Greenwood	Bethlehem
27^th Feb 1901	Private	J Heaton	Bloemfontaine
10^th Oct 1900	Private	T Hines	Not Known
28^th May 1902	Private	W Hopkins	Noval's Pont
12^th Oct 1901	Corporal	J Hunt	Bethulie
10^th Feb 1901	Private	W Hutchinson	Bethlehem
18^th Jul 1901	Private	E Joy	Jacobsdal
1^st Sept 1901	Private	P Kavanagh	Bethlehem
3^rd Jan 1902	Lance-Corporal	J Kilroy	Winburg
26^th Apr 1902	Private	J Lea	Winburg
20^th Jun 1901	Private	W Mills	Bethulie
14^th Feb 1901	Private	H Mitchell	Winburg
25^th Jan 1902	Sergeant	H Monkhouse	Harrismith
19^th Mar 1901	Private	T Mulvaney	Bloemfontaine
7^th Feb 1901	Private	J Nunn	Winburg
8^th Sep 1900	Private	J O'Connor	Ladybrand
2^nd Jan 1901	Private	J Parker	Winburg
24^th Jan 1901	Corporal	C Pearce	Winburg
16^th Nov 1900	Private	J Percival	Verde
24^th Dec 1901	Private	J Potts	Winburg
23^rd Aug 1901	Private	E Reid	Four Miles West of Fauresmith
20^th Dec 1901	Private	J Richards	Winburg
10^th Dec 1900	Private	C Ridgway	Harrismith
6^th Jan 1902	Lance-Corporal	A Rogerson	Winburg
26^th Dec 1900	Private	E Sellars	Winburg
6^th Jan 1901	Private	J Shawcross	Riethan
15^th Jul 1900	Private	R Shore	Winburg
7^th Mar 1901	Private	J Skinner	Bethlehem
8^th Feb 1902	Private	C Stott	Winburg
15^th Jan 1902	Private	R Taylor	Winburg
17^th Nov 1901	Private	J Tierney	Jammerburg Bridge
5^th April 1902	Lance-Corporal	J Walker	Norval's Pont
18^th Apr 1901	Private	F Walton	Bethlehem
28^th Sep 1900	Private	P O Ward	Bethlehem
26^th Feb 1901	Private	P Watson	Bethlehem
15^th Aug 1901	Private	A Welsh	Norval's Pont
28^th May 1902	Lieutenant	J A Whitehead	Heilbronn
4^th July 1902	Private	R Whitworth	Winburg
21^st Aug 1901	Lance-Corporal	J A Wilkinson	Leeuw Road Farm
11^thJun 1902	Private	S L Williams	Norval's Pont
1^st Oct 1900	Private	J Willighan	Harrisburg
9^th Nov 1900	2^nd Lieutenant	J G Woodhouse	Near Verde
9^th Mar 1902	Private	J Wullett	Winsburg
22^nd Dec 1901	Private	G Ashinford	Winsburg
5^th Feb 1902	Sergeant	H Ashton	Middle Fontein
20^th Dec 1901	Private	P Bohm	Eland's Spruit
20^th Dec 1901	Captain	G F A Brindley	Holland Middleburg
14^th Mar 1901	Private	F Browning (VCO)	Elland's Fontain
20^th Dec 1901	Private	R Brundritt	Elland's Spruit
4^th April 1901	Private	C Buckingham	Pretoria
5^th Feb 1902	Private	H Burton	Elland's Fontain
1^st Sep 1901	Private	J Crane	Johannesburg
4^th May 1902	Sergeant	H Chandlers	Driefontein
1^st Feb 1902	Private	J Connell	Middleburg
24^th Nov 1901	Private	J Conroy	Middleburg
7^th Mar 1902	Corporal	J Cox	Klipdrift
22^nd Feb 1902	Sergeant	J Croasdale	Lydenburg
19^th Dec 1901	Sergeant	A Davies	Eland's Spruit
7^th Jan 1902	Private	W Fleet	Eland's Spruit
19^th Dec 1901	Sergeant	F Ford	Eland's Spruit
20^th Dec 1901	Sergeant	W Frost	Eland's Spruit
30^th Mar 1901	Private	A Gilligan	Witklip
30^th Sept 1901	Private	J Gilligan	Mooimeisjerust
25^th Feb 1901	Private	T Green	Machadodorp
12^th May 1900	Private	W Harris	Paardevlei
20^th Dec 1901	Private	H Holmes	Eland's Spruit
19^th Nov 1901	Private	J Horrock	Pretoria

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