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Who was he? This photo amongst many probably by my Gr Grandfather James Byrne Coleman M.R.C.S., C.M.G. a surgeon from Ireland or by other relatives Dr Lynch or Dr Maloney

No. 8058, died 21st February 1900, aged 25.



Does the inscription towards the base of the cross read something like P. O. W. WEPENER, and below that .... K. R. R. ?

Berenice my records show Rifleman HE Pearson - Kings Royal Rifles. Waterval POW Camp, Petronella Cemetery [Transvaal] Died 17/03/1900

This is strange as the dates do not match. Presume this is another Pte. H Pearson.
His number is 8058 if anyone has access to the records.
Unfortunately these photos, taken by Grandfather James B Coleman CMG, doctor with The Irish Hospital, are very small and poor quality so the small writing is indecipherable
Why he took this particular photo of a lone grave is anyone's guess, but it is moving and " a corner of a foreign land" springs to mind..
It would have been nice to pass it on to a descendant.
Nick

Nick
Palmer shows "8058 Pte. Pearson, H. of 1KRRC" was Missing in Action at Dundee, 20/10/99 and later Released. Our host- djb - in his book "Talana - Account and Medal Roll" shows this man as "Prisoner, Talana, 20.10.99 and died of enteric, Waterval camp, 21.2.00". His QSA bore the single clasp "Talana".
Regards
IL.

Thank you
Dr. Coleman was a specialist in enteric disease so could have been a patient of his.