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Hello Forum members

I am looking for some information pertaining to 187 Trooper E L Jones
Natal Mounted Rifles. A Elandsglatte and Ladysmith defender.

Your help as always is very much appreciated.


Best wishes

Dave......

Dave,

Beyond appearing on the NMR list of Ladysmith Defenders, the Natal Volunteer Record shows E.L. Jones as "invalided to end of war". Given that this little volume was published in Durban at the end of 1900, the words "end of war" were clearly somewhat premature. Indeed, Jones must have returned to duty during the conflict, as I see he was entitled to the South Africa 1901 clasp.

Included in the book is a short history of the work of the NMR during the ABW which ends on 8 Oct 1900. Given the brevity of the piece, there is, unsurprisingly, no mention of Tpr Jones.

I imagine he was invalided as a result of hardships sustained during the siege. Perhaps a victim of enteric.

Neville




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Doing a name search for E L Jones on this site produces two records:
QSA 3. Source: List of QSA’s with Elandsaagte
Served 29 Sep 1899 – 31 May 1902. Source: Nominal roll in WO127.

Doing a military search on Ancestry for E L Jones with Keyword 187 produces three Natal Mounted Rifles medal rolls on which he appears:
WO 100/260. QSA Medal Roll, dated 31 July 1901 (Durban) = QSA with Elandsaagte & Relief of Ladysmith Clasps
W0 100/363. KSA Medal Roll, dated 10 June 1903 (Durban) = SA1901 – YES; SA1902 – YES.
WO 100/260. QSA Medal roll, dated 15 October 1906 (Durban) = SA1901 - YES; SA1902 - NO; KSA - NO.

Doing a military search on Find My Past for 187 E L Jones produces a transcript record:
First name(s) E L
Last name Jones
Year 1899-1902
Rank Trooper
Service number 187
Regiment Natal Mounted Rifles
Literary references The National Archives WO127. Nominal rolls colonial units.
Notes QSA Clasps: E,DoL,SA01
Country Great Britain
Record set Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Boer Wars
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
Copyright: The Register of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

Neville, thank you for the information regarding the Invalided reference.

David (Smethwick) I was aware of all of your doings
I should have explained, I was trying to find out if any attestation papers are extant for the NMR. Thought it might lead me to a Christian name.

Thanks for looking.

Dave......

FWIW, the Natal Archives have deceased estate files for four people name E.L. Jones. The only one whose dates fit was Edward Llewellyn Jones, born in Westville in 1868, died in Empangeni in 1951. At the time of his death he was a salesman in a trading store.

You could e-mail the NMR, and ask what information they have about 187 Tpr E.L. Jones : nmr-1854.co.za/contact-us .