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In the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Richmond, North Yorkshire. There are several differences between the inscriptions on the plaque and those on the regimental memorial in York - www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...n-yorkshire-regiment
I've added the differences to the transcribed names below.







No. 3613 Clr.Sergt.. G. STEPHENSON.
.........208..."......"...... H. BATTYE.
.......4576 Sergeant. W. CURRIE..........................Private C. Currie [on the York memorial]
.......4465 ........"....... E. EGLINGTON.
.......4077 ........"....... H. LEE.
.......3539 Corporal...W. KAYE.
.......3513 Lce.Corpl. W. CHAPLIN.
.......4583 ..."........"... G. FENTON........................Private G. Fenton
.......6022 Drummer.. H. HAINES.
.......3933 Private...... R. ADAMSON.
.......6821 ....."........... H. ASTLEY.........................Ashley
.........138 ....."........... A. ALLEN.
.......3807 ....."........... H. ARNOLD.
.......3110 ....."........... B. BAGGALEY...................Baggaleyy
.......4104 ....."........... E. BEHARRELL.................Behanel
.......4655 ....."........... F. BLAZARD.
.......4283 ....."........... T. BOWMAN.
.......4443 ....."........... J. BUTTERWORTH.
.......1732 ....."........... T. BURTON.
.......4070 ....."........... T. CAFFERTY.
.......4178 ....."........... M. CAVANAGH.
.......1776 ....."........... W. COOPER......................Sergeant W. Cooper
.........173 ....."........... G. DIBBLE.........................Listed in the 1st Battalion's deaths
.......4052 ....."........... G. DUNFORD.
.......1637 ....."........... W. DUNFORD.
.......7553 ....."........... M. DUNN.

No. 4043 Private..... J. ELLIOTT.
.......3025 .....".......... T. HAGAN.
.......2693 .....".......... H. HUNT.
.......4428 .....".......... H. KETTLEWELL.
.........766 .....".......... T. LANGAN.
.......1736 .....".......... J. LARKIN.
.......1638 .....".......... D. MALLEY..........................Mullaney
.......2414 .....".......... J. MURRAY.
.......3356 .....".......... J. McHALE.
.......4635 .....".......... A. McDUFF.
.......4578 .....".......... E. NEWMAN.......................C. Newman
.......3637 .....".......... E. NEWTON........................H. Newton
.......4708 .....".......... S. OGDEN.
.......2110 ....."........... E. PERKINS.
.......3705 .....".......... W. PRESTON.
.......4540 ....."........... D. PRICE.
.......6244 ....."........... S. PYE................................Listed in the 1st Battalion's deaths
.......2495 ....."........... H. ROBINSON.
.......2614 ....."........... G. SMITH.
.......2544 ....."........... G. SOWERBY.
.......2845 ....."........... G. TOWRIESS....................G. Townes
.......4701 ....."........... J. A. WARD.
.......2819 ....."........... T. WATKINSON.
.......4613 ....."........... A. WILSON.
.......4851 ....."........... F. WOOD.



Named on the York memorial as a 3rd Battalion casualty, but not in Richmond, is 2092 Private P. Sullivan, who died at sea 8.3.1900

Also in St Mary's is the Green Howards' Memorial Chapel, which contains a number of laid-up colours, and stone panelling which is a memorial to Queen Alexandra, Colonel-in-chief from 1914 to 1925.The regiment's battle honours are inscribed on the panelling.

Good afternoon, I have not posted on the forum before and am quite new to it, and i see i am about 18 months too late for this thread, but do you have any additional information on the 3rd Battalion and its involvement in the Anglo Boer War. Any books, diaries etc. as i cannot seem to find anything on them.

Hello Dominic,

Apologies for the late welcome to the forum. I am wondering if the Yorkshire military museum's may be able to help? I had a look at the medal rolls for the 3rd Battalion. The clasps awarded were for service in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and a small percentage for Transvaal.
I also noticed that some 1st Battalion soldiers were attached to the 3rd Battalion. Having had a good trawl through the casualty lists pertaining to the 3rd Battalion, a large proportion were struck down with fever and died of disease.
There were minor skirmishes around Kroonstad and Rhenoster involving the 3rd Mounted Infantry contingent. A few troopers were prisoners of war and later released. Accidental drowning and accidents also added to their casualty list. It looks like the Mounted Infantry section suffered the most injuries from engagement with the Boers.

Alas no major engagements (3rd Battalion) However, on the 31st of January 1902 over 20 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were injured in a train accident near Burghesdorp.

The York Army Museum and the Green Howard's Museum may be able to guide you regarding the 3rd Battalion. Worth a email if you have not already tried.

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Green Howard's museum 01748 826561 [email protected]

Not sure if this book has any details specific to the 3rd Battalion?



Dave.......

Thank you for your reply. I will try the museum again as i think when i last or first enquired it was during Covid. Thank you for the information on the book, it is one that i do not have, and i will see if i can get a copy.