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Trooper David Rew, 23rd (Lancashire) Coy, IY. - k.i.a. at Faberspruit 30.5.1900 4 years 5 months ago #66767

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In St Mark's Church, Worsley, Greater Manchester.

To the Glory of God and in Memory of
DAVID REW
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT FABERSPRUIT
SOUTH AFRICA MAY 30TH 1900.


THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES OF THE
WORSLEY TROOP, DUKE OF LANCASTER'S OWN IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.

He's also remembered on the memorial from Greenbank School, Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...ssley-hill-liverpool





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Trooper David Rew, 23rd (Lancashire) Coy, IY. - k.i.a. at Faberspruit 30.5.1900 4 years 5 months ago #66768

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David Rew was a 23 year old engineer and a serving member of the Duke of Lancaster's own Yeomanry Cavalry when he joined the Imperial Yeomanry upon the 3rd of February 1900, interestingly, at Blackpool, he gave his next of kin as his mother living on Sefton Street in Liverpool.
Rew was subsequently buried at Kimberley after exhumation from Faberspruit.
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Trooper David Rew, 23rd (Lancashire) Coy, IY. - k.i.a. at Faberspruit 30.5.1900 4 years 5 months ago #66797

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Surely "Faberspruit" should be "Faber's Puts" : the farm, where Sir Charles Warren's column (including IY) was attacked by Boer commandos on 30 May 1900?
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Trooper David Rew, 23rd (Lancashire) Coy, IY. - k.i.a. at Faberspruit 30.5.1900 4 years 5 months ago #66806

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Arthur R wrote: Surely "Faberspruit" should be "Faber's Puts" : the farm, where Sir Charles Warren's column (including IY) was attacked by Boer commandos on 30 May 1900?


Yes, correct. War memorials are not always accurate, especially when dealing with unfamiliar words - as most Afrikans was to English people in 1900.
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