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which translates, approximately, to
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(there doesn't seem to be a literal translation of 'vitam profudere' - 'vitam' is 'life.')
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Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Staff. Died of enteric fever at Pretoria, on 29th October, 1900, aged 33.
. ....The death of Prince Christian Victor came with great suddenness. Although his case was known to be grave it was only last night and early this morning that It was felt that the disease had reached a critical stage.
....During the last three days his Highness had been unconscious except for a few short intervals. Everything was done for his comfort. He lay in the Yeomanry Hospital, the house of Mr. Deckett, situated on an eminence which is breezy and salubrious and considered the healthiest spot in Pretoria.
....Last night it was known that the Prince's condition was serious, but it was only early this morning that the desperate nature of the case was made public. Lord and Lady Roberts immediately drove to the hospital, only to learn, however, that the doctors agreed that the case was hopeless.
....The death of the Prince is sincerely mourned in the Army, and everywhere expressions of grief and of sympathy with his relatives are heard. It was my privilege to have some acquaintance with the Prince, extending over several years. It dated from the Ashanti campaign of 1895, and I had opportunities which enable me to testify that he was a thorough soldier. He was always intent on the punctilious discharge of his duty, never shirked any part of his work, and never failed when called upon. In the Natal operations his Highness was attached to General Hildyard's staff and saw some of the toughest fighting of the campaign. He was constantly obliged to carry messages under fire and was twice mentioned in despatches.
....It is an open secret that Lord Roberts highly valued the Prince's services. During his stay here Prince Christian did good work both in the lntelligence Department and on the Staff. He was of a modest and retiring disposition, but was a most eager soldier and frequently expressed the hope that he would receive brevet rank when the war was over, for he was most anxious to suceeed in his military career. A few days before he was taken ill the Prince showed me a threatening letter he had received from Berlin, written in German. The saddest part of it all is the recollection of a reeent conversation which I had with him and in which he spoke of looking eagerly forward to arriving home in England with Lord Roberts. He was an intense admirer of the pluck and endurance shown by the private soldier, with whom he was a great favourite on account of his kindliness and gentleness. He is sincerely mourned by all who knew him as a brave, quiet, kindly gentleman. The flags are flying at half-mast, and the bands of all regiments passing through the town have refrained from playing.
....October 29.
....The remains of Prince Christian Victor were embalmed yesterday and enclosed in a leaden coffin, and it was arranged that Prince Francis of Teck should accompmny the body home. All the available troops of the garrison will form a funeral procession to-morrow afternoon. Three companies of the Grenadiers will receive the body at the station and the 2nd Coldstream Guards will form a guard of honour. Every officer not on duty will join in the procession.
....An Army order was issued last night expressing the deep regret of Lord Roberts at the death of Prince Christian Victor.
....October 30.
....Owing to the receipt of a telegram from home Prince Christian Victor's remains will be interred here, and consequently the procession arranged for to-day has been countermanded and the funeral postponed.
....It appears that the Prince, in his last illness, had moments of consciousness. He was perfectly conscious when the Sacrament was administered, but a relapse occurred immediately afterwards and his Royal Highness never again rallied. Mr. Washburn was the civil surgeon in attendance and several consultations with other surgeons were held.
. ....The funeral of the late Prince Christian Victor will take place here to-morrow.
....A telegram from the Queen, commanding that her grandson's body be buried here in a soldier's grave, arrived just in time to stop the carrying out of the arrangements which had already been made for sending it home.
....A funeral train had been prepared, and was to have left yesterday with an escort of two companies of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards under the command of Captain Prince Francis of Teck. Pall-bearers to accompany the coffin from the Yeomanry Hospital chapel to the train had been chosen - namely, Generals Baden-Powell, Brabazon, Jones, Kelly, Marshall, Maxwell, and Wood, and Surgeon-General Wilson. Lord Roberts and many others sent wreaths.
The Times, Monday, 5th November, 1900
. ....Prince Christian Victor was buried to-day with full military honours. At half-past 9 in the morning detachments of the whole garrison, besides a company of the Prince's regiment which arrived early in the morning, paraded outside the gate of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital. The mounted infantry consisted mostly of colonials of the Australian contingent, while the artillery was represented by the 18th Field Battery. The escort for the body was composed of the 2nd Battalion Coldstrwam Guards. The remains had been transported to the tent chapel near the gate of the hospital, and punctually at the hour named Generals Kelly, Brabazon, and Jones proceeded to the chapel and witnessed the placing of the gun wagon of the coffin, which was covered with a Union Jack. The funeral procession was then formed and marched along the main street of the town towards the Cathedral. Prince Francis of Teck was chief mourner. The charger of the deceased Prince was led by a groom.
....When the wagon moved the troops gave a Royal salute and the battery and the artillery at the barracks began firing minute guns, which continued while the procession was moving through the streets. The road was kept by police, behind whom stood the townspeople, both Dutch and English, who showed their respectful sympathy. At a short distance from the Cathedral Lord Roberts, who had arrived from Johannesburg, met the procession and took his place on the right of Prince Francis, Lord Kitchener being on the left of his Serene Highness. The greater portion of the funeral service was read in the Cathedral. The procession left about 11 o'clock and marched towards the English cemetery.
....A great number of the townspeople followed the cortège, and everywhere there were indications of sympathetic interest. The coffin was covered with wreaths and many more were carried by the soldiers of the escort. The ceremony at the graveside did not last long. Three volleys were fired and "Last Post" was sounded over the grave of a gallant soldier and kindly gentleman, and then the troops marched off in quick time, and one of the most impressive funerals in the history of Pretoria came to an end.
The Times, Thursday, 8th November, 1900
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Captain Charles Kershaw Elworthy, 6th Dragoon Guards. Killed in action at Zand River, on 10th May, 1900, aged 34.
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....Residents in Wellington heard with sincere regret the news which reached the town on Saturday of the death at Zand River of Captain C. K. Elworthy nephew of Mr F. T. Elworthy, of Foxdown, Wellington. Captain Elworthy, who was in the 6th Dragoon Guards, was a fine young officer and was well-known in Wellington. Only a few weeks ago his uncle, at a public gathering in the town, spoke proudly of him as amongst the first to enter Kimberley, and mentioned also that his squadron did the work of capturing Cronje, and was the first to enter Bloemfontein. Captain Elworthy was a son of the late Mr Charles Eiworthy, of Wellington.
The Western Daily Press, Monday, 14th May, 1900
. ELWORTHY. - On the 10th May, killed in action at Zand River, South Africa, CAPTAIN CHARLES KERSHAW ELWORTHY, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), elder son of the late Charles James Elworthy, of Wellington, Somerset, aged 34.
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....The following telegram has been received at the War Office from Lord Roberts:— ....There were more casualties in the Cavalry Division on the 10th inst. than those reported by me.
....I have not been able to get the exact account of what occurred as the commanding officer, Captain Elworthy, was killed, and two officers who were wounded at the same time have been sent to the rear, but it would appear that a party of our men, going up to a kraal on which a white flag was hoisted, was suddenly attacked by a large number of the enemy.
The Times, Tuesday, 15th May, 1900
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....The late Captain Charles Kershaw Elworthy, son of the late Mr Charles Elworthy. of Wellington, Somerset, who was killed at or near Zand River, and whose death is referred to in Lord Roberts's despatch, was educated under Dr. Percival at Clifton College, and subsequently at Magdalen College, Oxford.
The Western Daily Press, Wednesday, 16th May, 1900
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He's also named on the Clifton College memorial, Bristol.
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Captain Albert Savory, 4th Hussars, attached South African Light Horse. Died of wounds at Dalmanutha, on 23rd August, 1900, aged 22.
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....Lord Roberts has sent the following telegram to the Secretary of State for War:Lord Roberts has sent the following telegram to the Secretary of State for War:— ....Buller reports that he met with considerable opposition from the enemy yesterday; they tried early in the day to lay a trap for the cavalry, and opened upon them at fairly short range with a long-range 15-pounder and "Pom Poms." These guns were, however, silenced by a section of the 21st Battery under Lieutenant Rainsford Hannay, and the trap failed.
....The firing had ceased and pickets were being placed for the night, when by some mistake the firing line of two companies Liverpool Regiment advanced about 1,500 yards into a hollow out of sight of the main body, where they were surrounded by the Boers and suffered severely.
....The casualties during the day [included]:-
....South African Light Horse, wounded, since dead, Captain A. Savory, and two men.
The Times, Monday, 27th August, 1900
. SAVORY.- On Thursday. the 23rd Aug., at Geluk, South Africa. with Gen. Buller's column. CAPTAIN ALBERT SAVORY, of the 4th Hussars, attached to the South African Light Horse. eldest son of the late Albert Savory and Mrs. Savory, Sun Rising, Banbury.
The Times, Thursday, 30th August, 1900
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A memorial plaque dedicated to him is in Middle Tysoe church, Warwickshire.
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Lieutenant Edward Vanrenan Ingham Brooke, (King's Own) Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action near Brakenlaagte, on 31st October, 1901, aged 24.
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....Lieutenant Edward Vanrenen Ingham Brooke is a son of the Venerable Archdeacon Brooke, Vicar of Halifax. He went out to South Africa with the 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire Light Infantry at the commencement of the war, and was present with Lord Methuen's force at the engagements of Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, and Magersfontein; also at the operations around Lindley, the capture of Bethlehem and Slabbert's Nek, and the surrender of Commandant Prinsloo. A brother of Lieutenant Ingham Brooke, Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke, holds a captain's commission in the same regiment, but he is at present commanding mounted infantry in South Africa with the rank of Major.
Yorkshire Evening Post, Saturday, 2nd November, 1901
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LIEUTENANT EDWARD VANRENAN INGHAM BROOKE, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry and of the 3rd Mounted Infantry, was the son of Archdeacon Brooke, vicar of Halifax, and was 24 years of age. He was born on September 3, 1877, and entered the Yorkshire Light Infantry on May 20, 1899, in which he obtained his Iieutenancy on February 17, 1900.
The Times, Monday, 4th November, 1901

An excellent post and pictures. Many thanks Berenice and Elmarie.