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SHAW Octavius Pembroke P. 32 Pembrokeshire Farrier
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 89 later 14977
Occupation: ‘farmer’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Discharged 15th June 1901
Re-enlisted I.Y. 11th October 1901 at Southampton, addressv 14 Council Buildings Southampton
24th January sentenced 6 months imprisonment for theft
Returned to duty 24th July 1902
Born in the winter of 1867 at Lamtap, Cardiganshire, Wales the son of William SHAW (1829-1901) gentleman, & Elizabeth SHAW nee BUCKENHAM (1836-)
Married Emily Constance HEWSON, Lambeth, London in the summer 1898
On 9th July 1904, the manager of Eight Bells Hotel, Bletchley Buckinghamshire, , married Katherine WILCE, at St Mary’s, Bletchley
In 1904 a member of the United Grand Lodge of England, a hotel keeper at Peckham Rye, London.
In 1905 the manager of The Whearsheath, Basingstoke. Hampshire
In 1907 a boarding house keeper at 52 Guildford Street, Bloomsbury, London

SHIRLEY Saxon Fraser
Enlisted Colchester 6th January 1900 as Trooper 90 later 14979
Occupation: ‘clerk’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Birth early 1876 at Brighton, Sussex, England
The son of Francis Shirley & Emily Selenah Honess FRASER (1855–1915)
Brother to Ronald Fraser (1879–1950), Winifred Fraser (1880–1880),
Victor Fraser (1882–1958) & Dorothea Fraser (1883–1957)
In 1891 a 15 year old apprentice ironmonger living with his widowed mother and five siblings at 7 Mount Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Married Ellen RAWLINS ( 1871– ).
On 12th June 1912 Saxon F & Ellen disembarked the Union Castle mail ship ‘Garth Castle’ at East London, South Africa, from Southampton.
On March 11th 1916 at the baptism of daughter Mabel Dorothy, occupation shown as a transport manager of 41 East Dean Road, Eastbourne.
Death 1931 • South Africa (Transvaal Estates Death Index)

SMITH C. D. 20 Perthshire Clerk
Name & number recorded on a slip in the I.Y. service records indicating the records had been transferred to another agency,
Named in the list of volunteers who enlisted in Bedford published in the press during February 1900 and appears in the medal roll.
Indicating:- Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 14976 previous occupation ‘clerk’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born circa 1870, Perthshire, Scotland.
Not yet positively identified in the civil records

St. JOHN Moubray St. Andrew Thornton ~ 19th Baron St John of Bletso
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 s trooper 14976, later Lance Sergeant
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 1st Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & Transvaal clasps
Born 5th November 1877, at Bromyard, Herefordshire, the second son of Beauchamp St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso (1844-1912) and Helen Charlotte, née THORNTON.(1848-1905)
Educated at Wellington College.
He took part in operations in Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions at Johannesburg and Pretoria.
In October 1900 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, and the following year served in Transvaal.
Promoted to lieutenant on 12 May 1902.
In World War I, Captain, Bedfordshire Regiment.
In 1920, he inherited the title from his brother to become 18th Lord St John, and lived at Melchbourne Park.
A member of the Electoral Committee of the Houses of Parliament from 1925 to 1931. He was Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Bedfordshire.
Married Evelyn Geraldine RUSSELL (1880-1918), younger daughter of Captain Andrew Russell of Petersfield on 4th October 1905 at Rogate, Sussex. Had issue five daughters & a son.
After his wife died he married again to Elizabeth May SANFORD nee Griffith ,(1885-1978) widow of Colonel E C A Sanford, on .26 Sep 1923 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, London, England
Died at 5 Ennismore Gardens, South Kensington on 28 October 1934 at the age of 57.
Interred St Mary the Virgin, Bletsoes, Bedfordshire.

STEDMAN William 20 West Indies Clerk
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 93
Transferred as 13106 to 51st Imperial Yeomanry, Paget’s Horse
Occupation: ‘clerk’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Cape Colony, & Transvaal clasps
Discharged 24th June 1901 on demobilisation
Re-enlisted 14th April 1902 at Aldershot as trooper 44637, Highland Horse, 163 Company 37th Regiment Imperial Yeomanry, shown previously 51st Imperial Yeomanry. Corporal 14th April 1902 ~ Sergeant 6th August 1902.
Discharged at his own request 24th September 1902
Born 1879 Roseau, Dominica, West Indies,the son of Mrs L F STEDMAN, later of Sybil Terrace Green Lane Harringay, Middlesex.
On 28th February 1938, aged 58,’retired’, arrived at Southampton on RMS Dunvegan Castle from Durban, South Africa accompanied by his wife Lillian Alice (1875)
Not yet positively identified in the other civil records

SOUTHBEER Walter Johnstone 22 Wolverhampton Artist
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 92 later 14978
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesberg, Cape Colony & Orange Free State clasps
Born 13th September 1877 at 158 Bilston Street, Wolverhampton, the son of Walter Johnstone SOUTHBEER (1855–1924), a sculptor & Maria Mary Ellen Barrier SOUTHBEER nee BARRIER (1853–1920)
In 1899 a 13 year old schoolboy living with his parents and three brothers at 60 Bolinbrooke Grove, Battersea, London.
Enlisted Royal Corps of the Dragoons 15 Mar 1898 - 13 Jun 1898 (91 Days). Purchased discharge.
Enlisted Imperial Yeomanry on 30th December 1899 at Bedford.
Embarked to South Africa 7th February 1900, Disembarked 5th March 1900.
Killed In Action on 1st November 1900 at Klipfontein, one of two men killed during a surprise attack on a farm where his troop were resting.
Age 23
Buried at Braamfontein Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa
[See also 14985 Lance Corporal W. Tennant]
Notes: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar :- SOUTHBEER Walter Johnstone of 60 Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common Surrey, died 1 November 1900 at Klipfontein South Africa. Administration London 19 June to Walter Southbeer, Artist - Effects £10.

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TABOR Charles Victor 26 Rochford Farmer
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 11 later 14979
Occupation: ‘farmer’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg Mounted Police at his own request on 7th December 1900
Born Rochford, Essex 1874 the son of James TABOR of The Lawn, Rochford, Essex

TAYLOR Charles 31 Lambeth Waterman
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 94 later 14983
Occupation: ‘waterman’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 7th December 1900
Born about 1868 Lambeth St Mary, Surrey.
Enlistment records shows next of kin as Doris TAYLOR daughter, 9 HowleyPlace Belvedere, Lambeth
Not yet positively identified in the civil records
[In 1911 possibly Gunner, X battery Royal Horse Artillery, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh India]

TENNANT William
Enlisted Colchester 6th January 1900 as Trooper 95 later 14979 later Corporal
Occupation: ‘farmer’
Killed In Action on 1st November 1900 at Klipfontein, one of two men killed during a surprise attack on a farm where his troop were resting.
Age 23
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
(See also 14978 Trooper SOUTHBEER)
Born 15th April 1877 at Brixton, Surrey. The son of William Drysdale TENNANT M.D. (1850-1882) a surgeon, & Sophia TENNANT nee WOOLFORD (1852-1882) of 30 Lambert Road, Brixton Rise, Surrey.
In 1891, orphaned, shown as a 13 year old lodger with his twin brother Charles with Samuel STEPHENS and his family, a blacksmith in Uckfield, Sussex.
Buried at Braamfontein Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa

THOMPSON John 26 Ireland Groom
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 96 later 14982
Occupation: ‘groom’
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg Mounted Police at his own request on 7th December 1900
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born about 1874 Westmeath, Westmeath, Ireland, mother Elizabeth THOMPSON, Ivy Cottage, Castle Pollard, West Meath
Not yet positively identified in the civil records

TOBY Charles John
Enlisted Colchester 10th January 1900 as Trooper 111 later 14985
Occupation: ‘auctioneers clerk’
Discharged in consequence of the termination of his period of engagement on 15th June 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Born January 1871 at Flitick, Bedfordshire, the son of Alfred TOBY (1836–1883) a farmer of 400 acres & Sarah TOBY nee MOSSMAN (1842–1923)
Brother to William (1867–1938) & Mary Elizabeth (1871–1952)
Disembarked at St John, New Brunswick, Canada on 12th Apr 1903
Residing on Jul 1906 at Saskatchewan, a farmer with his brother William
Died 20th January 1956 • Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

TODD Ernest Charles 32 Dorset Clerk
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 96 later 14982
Occupation: ‘clerk’ previously 12th Volunteer Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Civil Service Rifles)
Discharged at his own request on 2nd November 1900 on transfer to Government South Africa Railways
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born 6th March 1868, at Okeford, Fitzpaine, Blandford, Dorset, England the son of Alfred Charles TODD a farmer & brick manufacturer (1830-1919), & Francis TODD nee BUNN (1834-1919)
In 1891 a 13 year old boarder pupil at Wincanton School, Somerset.
Married Ivy WALKER, nee GARDNER, (1857-1947) Matron of Central South African Railways Hospital on 6th June 1903, his occupation ‘Paymaster, Central S.A. Railways’
On 20th April 1923 Ernest & Ivy disembarked from RMS ‘Garth Castle’ at Southampton, their intended address shown as 33 Birbeck Road, Acton, London
Died 23rd March 1937 at 13 Sunnyside Road, Ilford, Essex

TRUIN J W
Trooper14986
Name & number recorded on a slip in the I.Y. service records indicating the records had been transferred to another agency and misplaced. Possibly on transfer as Private 26033 62nd Squadron XI Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Medal Rolls 20th August 1902).
Not named in the list of volunteers who enlisted in Bedford published in the press during February 1900 ~ Enlisted Colchester

Probably John William TRUIN, born Sandy, Bedfordshire 5th October 1877, the son of James TRUIN (1841–1908) a market gardener & Elizabeth TRUIN nee DENTON (1844–1881) of Hatch, Sandy.
Died 1961, New Brunswick, Canada


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UPTON William Murray
Enlisted Colchester 10th January 1900 as Trooper 112 later 14986
Occupation: ‘ clerk’ previously 2nd Dragoon Guards, service extended to 18th Hussars discharged to Calcutta Police
Discharged in consequence of joining the South Africa Constabulary at his own request
7th December 1900.
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony & Orange Free State clasps
Born 2nd January 1871 at Chatsworth Villa, St Georges Square, Hammersmith, Middlesex, the son of Richard UPTON (1838-1895) a Militia Captain & Harriet Francis UPTON nee STRELLEY (1847-1919) later of St Davids Avenue, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Corporal 15th/5th African Mounted Rifles 1914
General Service Medal Africa
Lieutenant 11th Northumberland Fusiliers
1915 Star
On 5th June 1918 at St Peters, Harrogate, Yorkshire, as a 47 year old Military Officer, National Filling Factory No. 18 (NFF 18) Pembrey, near Burry Port, in Carmarthenshire, Wales, married 29 year old spinster Grace Cecilia Kate PHILLIPS.(1889-1979)
No issue.
In 1921, a civil servant at Buxton, living with his wife at the residence of his widowed mother-in-law Ada Sarah BRIENTON-PHILLIPS, her assorted daughters and granddaughters, at 77 West Avenue, Filey, North Yorkshire.
Died 12th October 1928 at New Inn, Batcombe, Evershot, Dorset.
Aged 57.
Buried at the parish church, Batcombe, Dorset 16th October 1928
Grace quickly married General Leslie Warner Yule CAMPBELL (1867-1946) in December 1928, Farnham, Surrey..

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VACHELL Kenneth Redwood 35 Cardiff None
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 9 later 14990. Later Lance Sergeant.
Occupation: ‘none’
Discharged in consequence of joining the Johannesburg District Police at his own request 7th December 1900
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Born in the first quarter of 1864 at Cardiff, Glamorganshire, the son of Charles Redwood VACHELL MD., FRCS (1813–1865) a surgeon & Hester VACHELL nee SHEARMAN (1823–1889)
The Volunteer record & Shooting News ‘27th November 1877 3rd Volunteer Regiment, Devonshire Regiment Kenneth Redwood VACHELL to be 2nd Lieutenant.
1907 Inspector Transvaal Town Police.
1915 Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Africa
Died 3rd July 1938, 180 New Modder, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
Married Vera Maud STREETE

VIBART Henry 33 India None
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, & Orange Free State clasps
Appears in the press release of those who volunteered at Bedford in December 1899
File missing from the Imperial Yeomanry records.
Listed in the QSA Medal Rolls as Trooper 14987
Born India 1866
Not yet identified in the civil records

VIDAL Charles Barnaby Magenis
Enlisted Colchester 6th January 1900, as Trooper 100, subsequently 14989, later Corporal.
Occupation ‘clerk’
Embarks South Africa 7th February 1900
Subsequently :~
Trooper 55 Midland Mounted Horse/Cape Mounted Rifles.
Bombardier Brabants Horse
Sgt. Major 35779 Ashburners Light Horse 25th June 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, & South Africa 1902 clasps. King’s South Africa Medal
Killed In Action At Klipdrift On 7th March 1902
Born on 15th August 1878 at Montmorency, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. The son of Charles Johnson VIDAL (1838–1885), Captain,Royal Navy ~ H.M.S Cleopatra, China Station,. & Margaret Catherine Lascelles VIDAL nee LLOYD (1854–1921)

VINCENT. Frederick William Hockmuth 21 Jersey Electrician
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 101 later 14991 Later Lance Sergeant.
Occupation: ‘electrician’ previously 12th Field Battery, Royal Artillery
Served Johannesberg, Vaal River & Pretoria.
Wounded in back.[slight]
Discharge at his own request from further service in connection with the war in South Africa 10th April 1901 on transfer to Cape Pole as Lance-Corporal 101.
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Born 12th October 1880 at 98 Albany Street, Marylebone, London, the son of Frederick Stamp VINCENT (1856-1897) shorthand writer & a company secretary and Marie Emma VINCENT nee HOCKMUTH (c1855-1930), 112 Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush, Londom
On 10th July 1916 volunteered for Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, 68th Field Battery 339197. Rancher of Kamops, British Coumbia,
Wife Violet Marie VINCENT.
Previous service ~
Royal Field Artillery 12th Field Bettery
28th Company Imperial Yeomanry
Cape Mounted Police
Royal North West Mounted Police 102 Co.
Arrived England 9th September 1917 on SS Olympic
Promoted Sergeant
Invalided home 19th November 1917 due to epilepsy
Discharged Canada 28th November 1917
Died 11 Jul 1954 British Columbia, Canada
Interred Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District,
[Fred VINCENT aka Frederick William Hochmuth VINCENT aka Fred(erick William STAMP-VINCENT. Place of birth variously given as Jersey or Kimberly S.A. instead of dull old Marylebone on his birth records.}

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WARREN Cecil Herbert
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 102 , subsequently 14993
Occupation ‘electrical engineer, previously of The Royal Engineers
Wounded 22 September 1900
Died Of Those Wounds 11 October 1900 At Johannesburg.
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony & Orange Free State clasps
Born in the first quarter of 1874 at Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire, the son of George Katz WARREN, (1821-1898) a corset manufacturer & Mary WARREN nee SCHOOLBRED (1834-1911) of The Villas, Kibworth Beauchamp.
In 1891 a 17 year old boarder scholar at Stamford School, St Pauls Street, Stamford.
Commemorated in Peterborough Cathedral
Remembered on Stamford School Memorial.
WARREN Roland Morris
Enlisted Colchester 24th January 1900 as Trooper 24 later 14994
Occupation: ‘farmer’
Discharge at his own request from further service in connection with the war in South Africa 3rd November 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State clasps.
Born 24th November 1875, the son of Rowland WARREN (1850-1934) a farmer , & Ellen WARREN nee FORD (1853-1890) of The Hall Bassett St. Mary, Suffolk
In 1911 an unmarried 34 year old farmer of Houchins, Houchin's Lane, Coggeshall, Essex with four ‘Independent Lady’ visitors, possibly aunts and cousins.
Eliza Ann Warren age 70, Fanny Elizabeth Warren age 56, Ethel Myra Warren age 30, & Beatrice Rose Warren age 20.
Married Eleanor GREENHAM (16th November 1887-1972) on 8th August 1912 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Ilford, Essex.
In 1921 a 45 year old farmer living with Eleanor and their eight year old son Rowland Ford (1913-1982) at Fordham Hall, Fordham Essex
In 1939 a retired farmer living with Eleanor at Oak House, Church Road, Fordham.
Died aged 78 on 27th November 1953 at Burlington, Halsted Road, Stanway, Essex
Interred 2nd December 1953 at All Saints, Fordham, Essex, England

WATERS Percy Reginald George James
Enlisted Colchester 6th January 1900 as Trooper 106 later 14997
Occupation: ‘ groom’
In action Pretoria, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill.
Discharge at his own request from further service in connection with the war in South Africa 19th June 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony,Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps.
Born 1879 in Penton Mewsey, Andover, Salisbury, Hampshire the son of William WATERS (1856-1933) a riding master & Winifred WATERS nee WILLIAMS (1859-1906) later of 21 London Street, Andover, Hampshire
Married Ruth BAILEY (1885-1933) spinster aged 21 at Wallingford, Berkshire 5th June 1907. a ‘cab proprietor’ aged 27
Had issue ~ Stephen Percy (1908–2013)26 March1908, Portsmouth, Hampshire,
Winifred Bess Ruth Waters (1910–2007) 15 Feb 1910 Portsmouth
Averil Gladys Waters (1919–2003) 19 Apr 1919, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Percy & Ruth & two children arrived in Sydney Australia aboard SS Orsova, 27th October 1910.
In 1933 Percy. A ‘carter’ and Ruth are at 53 Lackey Street, St Peter’s. Cook County, New South Wales.
Married Lillian Grace Ursulla HEARD (1885-1974) at , New South Wales 1942
Died 26 Aug 1971 Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia

WARNES David Hoggett 23 Kings Lynn Assistant
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 104 , subsequently 14995
Occupation 'assistant’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Allied 1914-18 Victory Medal, British War Medal
Discharged 20th May 1901 for Government employment.
Granted Freedom of the Borough of Kings-Lynn 8th July 1901 in recognition of his service.
Born 1875 at Gaywood, Norfolk, the son of William WARNES, a farmer (1840-1909) & Anne WARNE nee HOGGETT (1838-1928) later of St Nicholas House, Kings Lynn, Norfolk,
Private 1148 3rd Company City of London Yeomanry
East Africa theatre 2nd August 1916
Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery, died by suicide on 10th June 1917 at Kirongo, East Africa.
Home address shown as Norfolk House, Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales

WATERHOUSE John James. 22 Hampton Court Civil Engineer
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 103, subsequently 14994
Occupation 'civil engineer’.
Discharged in consequence of joining Brabant’s Horse at his own request.
Corporal Brabant’s Horse
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony & Orange Free State clasps
Born 28th January 1878 at Vine Road, East Moseley, Surrey. The son of John WATERHOUSE, (1848-1897) a solicitor & Mary Brough WATERHOUSE nee TAYLOR later WOOLEY (1854-1941) , later of Baker Street, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
In 1911 Captain, Royal Army Service Corps, Karradah, near Baghdad, Mesopotamia.
No further information identified in the civil records

WILD William Edward 24 Shepherds Bush None
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 107, subsequently 14998
Occupation 'none’.
Discharged in consequence of taking employment on Government Farm, Johannesburg at his own request. 18th October 1901. Forwarding address ‘Sandpan Klerksdorf Transvaal’
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps
Born 1875 St Luke, Stepherd’s Bush, Middlesex son of William Henry WILD, a banker’s clerk (1851-1929) & Emma WILD nee COOPER (1850-1928), of 17 Ashchurch Grove, Shepherd’s Bush, later Beaumont House, Thornton Heath, Surrey
In 1891 a 13 year old scholar at Christ's Hospital School, Newgate Street, London. (The Blue Coat School)
No further information identified in the civil records
SHELDON-WILLIAMS Inglis 29 Hants Artist
War artist for ‘The Sphere' magazine
Named in the list of those who volunteered at Bedford that was published in February 1900.
Service record missing
Medal rolls indicate he was assigned Trooper 14996
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps.
Born 25th December 1870 Hampshire the son of Alfred SHELDON-WILLIAMS (1841-1880) an artist & Harriet SHELDON-WILLIAMSNee STEVENSON (07 Mar 1835 - 23 Nov 1891)
From the age of seventeen he was largely based as an artist in Saskatchewan, Canada
Attended Slade School of Art 1896
Married Ina Maud THOMPSON (22nd January 1876-25th November 1955) a well known landscape artist, in the winter of 1904 at Bedford.
Official Canada war artist 1914-1918
In 1921 an artist living with Ina at 7, Stanley Studios, Chelsea, London
Subsequently lived in Italy 1920-30s
In 1939 an artist, Journalist & ARP Warden, living with Ina shown as ‘unpaid domestic duties’ and VAD nurse, their 23 year old daughter Eve and their 40 year old cook housekeeper Ellen TITTENGER at 4, Weech Road, Hampstead, London.
Died Tonbridge Kent 1940
Age 70
Remembered at The National Portrait Gallery, London.
There are extensive biographies of Inglis & Ina on the web.

WOOD Walter John 22 Paddington Gardener
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 108, subsequently 1500
Occupation 'carpenter’, previously 1st Middlesex Regiment Volunteers.
1st Provisional Battalion.
Discharge at his own request from further service in connection with the war in South Africa 30th April 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony & Orange Free State clasps
Born 1877 Edbrook Road,St Peters, Paddington, London the son of Peter WOOD,(1851-1917 )a joiner & Harriet Martha WOOD nee MILES (1853-1920) of Edbrook Road, subsequently, 102 Malvern Road, West Kilburn,
In 1901, a 23 year old carpenter joiner and ‘Trooper Imperial Yeomanry home, only at present’ staying with parents, 5 siblings and Elvina Lily RAMSEY a 37 year old domestic servant at 102 Malvern Road.
In 1911 a 34 year old unmarried carpenter living with his parents and two of his sisters at Malvern Road.
In 1921 an unmarried 44 year old carpenter, a ‘boarder’ at 105 Saltram Road, London W.9. with 55 year old widow Mary Ann HAYDON
Died 20th November 1925 at Willesden, London.

WOODLAND William George 27 Child's Hill Horse Trainer
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 3, subsequently 1502
Occupation ‘horse trainer’’ serving Hertfordshire Yeomanry
Discharged at McKenzie’s Farm, Maitland, Cape Town at his own request from further service in connection with the war in South Africa 30th November 1900
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State clasps.
Born 1872 Childs Hill, City of London, Middlesex son of Mrs W WOODLAND , later of Carrington, Nottingham.
In 1891 an 18 year old farmer with his 15 year old brother Herbert, running the farm at Bradman House, Coulsdon, Surrey with a foreman, housekeeper and two stable workers.
On 7th July 1897 a 24 year old race horse trainer of Epsom, Surrey, married Minnie WILLIAMSON, a 21 year old spinster at St Augustine’s New Basford, Nottingham.
1904 granted National Hunt Jockey Licence
William George WOODLAND, of the Manor House, Headbourne Worthy, Winchester, stud manager died 2nd December 1921.(National Probate Records)
Interred St Swithuns, Headbourne Worthy 6th December 1921.

WOODS Frank 20 Spain Stock Exchange Clerk
Enlisted Bedford 30th December 1899 as Trooper 109, subsequently 1501
Occupation ‘stock exchange clerk’’
Discharged Bedford, on the termination of his engagement 15th June 1901
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Johannesburg, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps.
Born 19th October 1879 at Santander, Spain the son of James Pontifax WOODS (1833 - 1912) a fund holder, & Margaret WOODS nee BELL (1842-1887) of Camillas, Santander, Spain.
No further information as yet positively identified in the civil records

WRIGHT William
Enlisted Colchester 24th January 1900 as Trooper 64 later 14992
Occupation: ‘ shoeing smith’
Discharge at his own request from further service in connection with the war in South Africa 23rd May 1901 1st Provisional Battalion
Queen’s South Africa Medal ~ Cape Colony,Orange Free State & South Africa 1901 clasps.
Born 9th August 1872 at Wymondham, Leicestershire, England. The son of Joseph WRIGHT (1848–1925) & Letitia WIGGINGTON (1850–1910)
Married Mary Jane VEASEY (1876–1945) 12th September 1895
Had issue, Joseph William (1896–1979) Winifred Monica (1899–1975), Eva Letitia (1903–1978), Annie (1906– ) & John Veasey (1909–1978)
Enlisted Leicester 9th November 1914,
Private TS 4293 Army Service Corps
Shoe smith attached to 2/1 West Lancashire Field Ambulance
Service:-
9/11/14-6/12/14 Home
7/12/14- 31/1/19 Expeditionary Force overseas
19/2/15 Drunk & Gross Insubordination. 14 days Field Punishment No.1
15/5/15 Drunk on duty. 28 days Field Punishment No.1
22/6/15 Absent from billet. 5 days Field Punishment No.2
9/1/16 Drunk 14 days Field Punishment No.1
1/2/19-28/2/19 Home
Transferred to Class Z Army Reserve on Demobilization.
1914 1915 Star, Allied Victory Medal, British War Medal
Died 5th October 1943 at Wythorpe, The Common, Barwell, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Age 71