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In St Mary and All Saints Church.



1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters
3988 Private W. Gibbons. Killed in action, 20.9.1901
5335 Private W. Gregory. Died of peritonitis, 10.2.1901
4245 Private W. Jessop. Died of wounds, 6.6.1901

2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters
7478 Lance Corporal P. Margereson. Died of peritonitis, 2.9.1901
5034 Private W. Bingham. Reported dead, 31.3.1902
7378 Private B. Goodlad. Died of enteric, 22.6.1900
6247 Private T. Turner. Killed in action, 12.2.1902

3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters
5478 Private E. Spooner. Killed in action, 29.5.1901

4th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
6890 Sergeant J. Alvey. Killed in action, 7.6.1900

Grenadier Guards
3836 Private W. King. Died of wounds, 23.11.1899

York & Lancaster Regiment
1368 Private J. Mullins. Died of enteric, 12.5.1900

Sherwood Rangers Imperial Yeomanry
723 Corporal George Duckmanton. Died at Kimberley.

Interesting Berenice......

My man Sansom is not on there......

Must be a different memorial......

Died of Disease, 17th March 1901

Mike

Arthur Sansom?

ARTHUR SANSOM
British Army Service Records 1760-1915
Collections from Great Britain
Birth Year 1860
Birth Country ENGLAND
Birth Parish ST MARYS
Regiment Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) - 45th & 95th Foot
Soldier Number 2175
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Here is my man Berenice.......

SANSOM, A.

REG. NO.: 4099
RANK: PRIVATE
REGT: 2nd DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT, MOUNTED INFANTRY (aka – MALTA MOUNTED INFANTRY)
BARS: CAPE COLONY, WITTEBERGEN

REMARKS / HISTORY:

1) India General Service Medal 1895 - 1902 Bars: Punjab Frontier 1897 - 98 / Tirah 1897 - 98 (4099 PTE. A. SANSOME, 2D BN. DERBY REGT.)
2) I.G.S. Medal confirmed on medal roll page 346
3) Q.S.A. Medal confirmed on medal roll, 1st Malta Co., 9th Mounted Infantry.
4) Private Sansome died of disease at Winburg on 17th March 1901.
5) He had previously served on the North West Frontier of India 1897 - 1898, present at the actions at Dargai and Kasrapa.
6) The clasp for Wittebergen was only awarded to 113 NCO's and men of the 1st Battalion who were left behind under Captain Radford & Lieutenant Popham when the battalion marched from Reitz to Heilbron in July 1900.

Mike

Hello Mike

Your man is claimed by Leicestershire - he is on that county's memorial in Leicester.

Regards
Meurig