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 |
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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.”