Boer War

Introduction

[Source: Wikipedia]

The Boer wars (also known as the Freedom Wars by the Afrikaans) were two wars fought between the British and the two Boer republics – the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic

The first war (1880-1881) was a rebellion of Boers against the British rule in the Transvaal and re-established their independence.  The second (1899-1902) was a longer war, involving large numbers of troops from the British Empire, and resulting in the republics becoming British colonies which later formed part of the Union of South Africa.

Data

The data shown here comprises the casualties from the British side as well as a letter from Peter Court to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission about his relations Edmund, William and Lumley Gray.

Boer War Casualties

Sources:

  • Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Casualties of the Boer War, 1899-1902 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • Original data: Military-Genealogy.com, comp. Boer War Casualties 1899-1902. The Naval and Military Press Ltd. www.military-genealogy.com.

Surname

First Name

Casualty Type

Date

Place

Regiment

Gray

A G

Wounded

28 May 1900

Lindley

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

A G

Wounded

20 Dec 1901

Tafelkop

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

A

Wounded

11 Dec 1899

Magersfontein

Highland Light Infantry

Gray

A

Prisoner

31 May 1900

Lindley

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

A

Prisoner

23 Nov 1900

Dewetsdorp

Highland Light Infantry

Gray

A

Died

8 Aug 1900

Kroonstad

Highland Light Infantry

Gray

A

Died

12 Jan 1902

Johannesburg

Scottish Horse

Grey

A J

Wounded

21 Apr 1900

Wepener

South African Contingents

Grey

A P W

Died

19 Nov 1900

Pretoria

New South Wales Contingents

Gray

Archibald

Wounded

11 Dec 1899

Magersofntein

Black Watch

Gray

B

Died

19 Dec 1899

Ladysmith

Gloucester Regiment

Gray

B

Prisoner

31 Mar 1900

Sanna’s Post

10th Hussars

Gray

B

Prisoner

16 Jul 1900

Bethlehem

10th Hussars

Gray

C

Killed

15 Dec 1899

Colenso

Devonshire Regiment

Gray

C

Died

27 Jul 1900

Kimberley

Bedfordshire Regiment

Gray

C

Wounded

4 Jun 1900

Pretoria

Essex Regiment

Gray

C

Suicide

1 Sep 1901

Kimberley

Kimberley Regiment

Gray

C

Died

31 Jan 1902

Kroonstad

Royal Army Medical Corps

Gray

C J

Prisoner

30 Oct 1899

Farquars Farm

Gloucester Regiment

Gray

D M

Killed

15 Dec 1899

Colenso

Natal Carabiniers

Gray

E

Wounded

18 Feb 1900

Paardeberg

Welsh Regiment

Gray

E

Wounded

18 Feb 1902

Springs

2nd Dragoons

Grey

E

Wounded

29 Mar 1900

Karee

South Wales Borderers

Gray

E W

Died

31 Oct 1899

Glencoe

Royal Army Medical Corps

Gray

F C

Wounded

19 Nov 1900

Harrismith

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

F

Wounded

29 Mar 1900

Karee

Norfolk Regiment

Gray

F

Wounded

26 Aug 1900

Belfast

Grenadier Guards

Gray

F

Died

5 May 1901

Thaba Nchu

Royal Irish Rifles

Gray

F W

Prisoner

31 Jan 1901

Modderfontein

South Wales Borderers

Gray

G E

Wounded

25 Dec 1901

Tweefontein

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

G

Died

17 May 1900

Kimberley

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Gray

G

Died

26 Mar 1900

P M Burg

South Lancashire Regiment

Gray

G

Killed

30 Mar 1902

Barberton

Hampshire Regiment

Grey

G

Died

16 Jun 1900

Pretoria

Northumberland Fusiliers

Grey

G

Died

24 May 1900

Bloemfontein

Bedfordshire Regiment

Grey

G

Died

27 Dec 1900

Mooi River

Scots Guards

Gray

G M H

Prisoner

9 Nov 1901

Katplaats

South African Constabulary

Gray

 

Wounded

14 Jun 1900

Brandfort

Royal Lancaster Regiment

Gray

 

Prisoner

4 Apr 1900

Reddersburg

Northumberland Fusiliers

Grey

 

Prisoner

25 Jul 1900

Klerksdorp

Kimberley Mounted Corps

Grey

 

Prisoner

23 Nov 1900

Dewersdorp

Royal Field Artillery

Gray

H De

Prisoner

29 Dec 1900

Helvetia

Royal Garrison Artillery

Gray

H De

Prisoner

29 Dec 1900

Helvetia

Royal Garrison Artillery

Gray

H G S

Wounded

31 Mar 1902

Boschbult

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

H

Died

20 Dec 1899

Colenso

Border Regiment

Gray

H

Died

10 May 1900

Orange River

Bedfordshire Regiment

Gray

H

Died

6 Aug 1900

Kimberley

Bedfordshire Regiment

Gray

H

Died

20 May 1900

Chieveley

Royal Army Medical Corps

Gray

H

Died

22 Mar 1902

Lindley

Royal West Surrey Regiment

Gray

H J

Died

15 Jan 1901

Rustenburg

Royal Engineers

Gray

H L R D

Died

10 Jun 1900

Johannesburg

6th Dragoons

Gray

H W

Wounded

09-24 Apr

Wepener

Cape Mounted Rifleman

Grey

I

Died

28 Jun 1900

Ladysmith

18th Hussars

Gray

J

Prisoner

10 Dec 1899

Stormberg

Northumberland Fusiliers

Gray

J

Prisoner

10 Dec 1899

Stormberg

Royal Irish Rifles

Gray

J

Died

23 Dec 1899

Ladysmith

Royal Field Artillery

Gray

J

Wounded

10 Mar 1900

Driefontein

Welsh Regiment

Gray

J

Wounded

31 Mar 1900

Sannas Post

Royal Horse Artillery

Gray

J

Died

30 Jul 1900

Heilbron

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Gray

J

Killed

28 May 1900

Roodepoort

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Gray

J

Wounded

13 Dec 1900

Nooitgedacht

Royal Horse Artillery

Gray

J

Wounded

6 Feb 1900

Vaal Krantz

Durban Light Infantry

Gray

J

Wounded

12 Jan 1901

Brugspruit

East Kent Regiment

Gray

J

Wounded

22 Aug 1901

Standerton

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

J

Wounded

28 Jan 1902

Groot Olifants River

Royal Scots

Grey

J

Wounded

29 Jun 1900

Ameersfoort

19th Hussars

Gray

J M

Died

29 Jan 1902

Heilbron

New South Wales Contingents

Gray

J S

Wounded

29 Oct 1901

Lichtenburg

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

James

Prisoner

11 Dec 1899

Magersofntein

Black Watch

Gray

L

Wounded

20 Oct 1899

Glencoe

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Gray

L

Wounded

18 Aug 1901

Karroonfontn

Bedfordshire Regiment

Gray

L

Prisoner

9 Nov 1901

Katplaats

South African Constabulary

Grey

L

Died

9 Feb 1902

Kroonstad

Imperial Yeomanry

Gray

N

Wounded

27 Feb 1900

Paardeberg

Royal Canadian Regiment

Gray

N M N

Wounded

16 May 1900

Mafeking

Royal Horse Artillery

Gray

O

Wounded

29 Mar 1900

Karee

Scottish Borderers

Gray

P

Died

23 May 1901

Bloemfontein

Border Regiment

Gray

P W

Wounded

28 May 1900

Olifants River

Canadian Contingents

Gray

R

Wounded

28 Nov 1899

Modder River

Scots Guards

Gray

R

Prisoner

10 Dec 1899

Stormberg

Northumberland Fusiliers

Gray

R

Missing

24 Dec 1900

Edenskop

Devonshire Regiment

Gray

R

Died

29 Mar 1901

Mafeking

Army Service Corps

Gray

R

Wounded

1 Oct 1901

Weltervreden

Devonshire Regiment

Gray

R

Wounded

24 Oct 1901

Diepdraai

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Gray

R

Died

30 Mar 1902

Middelburg

Intelligence Department

Grey

R

Wounded

28 Sep 1900

Doomfontn

Lovat’s Scouts

Grey

R

Drowned

19 Jan 1902

Mooi River

Scottish Borderers

Gray

R H

Died

24 Jan 1900

P M Burg

Rifle Brigade

Gray

R J

Wounded

31 Aug 1900

Kwaggafontein

Kaffrarian Rifles

Gray

R J

Died

17 Nov 1901

Kroonstad

Army Service Corps

Gray

Robert

Killed

11 Dec 1899

Magersofntein

Black Watch

Gray

T

Wounded

08-24 Apr

Wepener

Royal Scots

Gray

T

Killed

24 Jan 1900

Spion Kop

Scottish Rifles

Gray

T

Killed

24 Jan 1900

Spion Kop

Scottish Rifles

Gray

T

Killed

4 Jun 1901

Petrusburg

Royal Irish Rifles

Gray

Thomas

Died

7 Mar 1901

Cradock

1st Volunteers

Gray

W

Killed

17 Dec 1899

Colenso

Royal Field Artillery

Gray

W

Wounded

18 Feb 1900

Paardeberg

Welsh Regiment

Gray

W

Killed

18 Feb 1900

Paardeberg

Seaforth Highlanders

Gray

W

Died

23 May 1900

Wynberg

Norfolk Regiment

Gray

W

Died

1 Nov 1900

Pretoria

Coldstream Guards

Gray

W

Wounded

8 Sep 1900

Lydenburg

Devonshire Regiment

Gray

W

Died

19 Apr 1902

Heilbron

East Lancashire Regiment

Gray

W

Died

28 Feb 1902

Machadodorp

Civilian Conductors

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edmund, William and Lumley Gray

Peter Court wrote to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission about his grandfather Edmund Gray and his brothers William and Lumley Gray.

“Edmund, William and Lumley Gray, were volunteer South African troopers inside Ladysmith during the Siege of Ladysmith, a battle of the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). On occasions when the Boers were not shelling the town too fiercely they played cricket for their regimental team, the Border Mounted Rifles, regularly challenging other volunteer units and British regiments.

”The older brother, Captain William Gray, went on to take part in the First World War and was killed in 15 July 1916 at the Battle of Delville Wood in the Somme offensive, where South African soldiers held the wood in a particularly bloody fight.

“His grave is at the Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colin-Camp, France.