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THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
CAPTN J.G.C. EVERED R.N.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS DEAR SON
THOMAS HAY NEMBHARD EVERED,
OF THE 48TH CO. IMPERIAL YEOMANRY,
AGED 21
WHO DIED AT RUSTENBURG HOSPITAL, S. AFRICA,
FROM THE EFFECT OF WOUNDS RECEIVED
DURING THE NIGHT ATTACK UPON KEKEWICH'S CAMP
AT MOEDWIL, 30. SEPTEMBER 1901,
WHILST GALLANTLY DOING HIS DUTY

His rank isn't given but I was surprised to find him listed as Private. His family were gentry.

I see that info was already all available here:
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46344
so that was a waste of time, lol!

TimW wrote: I see that info was already all available here:
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46344
so that was a waste of time, lol!

Never a waste of time as a second pair of eyes brought it to my attention...…

Thanks

Mike

TimW wrote: I see that info was already all available here:
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46344
so that was a waste of time, lol!

Never a waste of time to re-post something that's elsewhere online, and from my own experience, the IWM site doesn't always accurately transcribe memorials.

Berenice, Mike and TimW
As said, not a waste of time. Palmer shows "27345 Pte. T.H.Evered of 7th Imp.Yeo as Dangerously Wounded at Moedewil 30/9/01. SAFF marginal note says "Died 14th November". The action of 30/9/01 was particularly hard-fought and there are a number of references to it on this site.
Regards
IL.

The father Capt JGC Evered was a veteran of the Crimea. He lived to 100yrs old about 1830 -1930 and until recently there were old people in the village that remembered seeing him as a very old man in the 1920s The family home was the stately Barford Park . Local gentry, so I am curious that Thomas should be a private soldier. Maybe there is a story. Maybe it's just that the past is never what you think it is.