WHITCHURCH’S SOUTH AFRICA (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL PLAQUE
CORPL CHARLES CHILDS
4895 Corporal Charles Childs
2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
Killed on the 30th March 1902 in a railway accident at Barberton
Buried in Barberton Cemetery
Son of George and Louisa Childs, of Cooper Wood Cottages, Whitchurch
Awarded: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Paardeberg, Cape Colony and Transvaal and King’s South Africa Medal with clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902
L CORPL JAMES HARDING
2943 Lance Corporal James Harding
2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
Died from disease in Pretoria on the 9th June 1900
Husband of Louisa Harding (née Green), of Church Street, Whitchurch
Awarded: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Paardeberg, Johannesburg and Cape Colony
PTE WILLIAM BARNETT
5316 Lance Corporal William Barnett
2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
Died from disease in Germiston on the 22nd January 1901
Born in Whitchurch in 1878
Son of William Penton and Martha Barnett, of Bell Street, Whicthurch.
Awarded: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal
PTE WILLIAM SWATTON
4317 Private William George Swatton
2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
Killed on the 30th March 1902 in a railway accident at Barberton
Born in Whitchurch in 1876
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Swatton, of The Lynch, Whitchurch
Buried in Barberton Cemetery
Awarded: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Transvaal and South Africa 1902
PTE ERNEST KIMBER
3108 Private Ernest Kimber
2nd Battalion Railway Pioneer Regiment
Drowned at Kalkspruit on the 1st December 1901
Born Alton, Hampshire in 1879
Son of William and Charlotte Kimber, of Newbury Street, Whitchurch
Awarded: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901
(Served as Private 20427 Prince of Wales’ Light Horse 12.12.1900 to 23.06.1901)
PTE LEONARD COOPER
13752 Private Leonard Cooper
21st Bearer Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died from Enteric Fever in Mooi River on the 24th August 1900
Born in Betchworth, Surrey in 1872
Son of William and Annie Cooper, of Freefolk, Whitchurch
Awarded: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Wittebergen and Cape Colony
PTE FRANK GOODALL
13753 Private Frank Goodall
Died from Pneumonia in Harrismith on the 23rd May 1901
21st Bearer Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
Born in Freefolk, Whitchurch in 1878
Son of David and Charlotte Goodall, of Freefolk, Whitchurch
Awarded: Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Wittebergen, Cape Colony and Transvaal
Craig Fisher
July 2014