A review of background biographies of the Colonial and British Boer War casualties who are buried in the Dordrecht cemetery and whose names appear on the cemetery’s Boer War memorial, reveals a number of transcription and factual errors and omissions.
Perhaps the next challenge must be to identify the casualties who fell in the Dordrecht district, and may even have been reinterred in the mass grave at the Dordrecht cemetery, but whose names are not memorialised at all.
I'd be grateful if anyone could assist with the first name of Sgt Maj. Brown of Bethune's Mounted Infantry, who died after the skirmish between Monro's Column and the Smuts Commando east of Dordrecht on 12 Sep. 1901
Cpr C. Andrews, C.M.R. … was actually … Pvt. C. (Charles) Andrewes, C.M.R.
Tpr E.H. Barrett, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr E.H. (Ernest Harry) Barrett, M.M.R.
Sgt Maj. --- Brown, B.M.I. … was actually … Sgt Maj. A. (---) Brown, B.M.I.
Tpr --- Cass, C.M.R. … was actually … Tpr F. (Fred) Cass, C.M.R.
Tpr J.M. Crystal, C.M.R. … was actually … Tpr J.W. (James William) Chrystal, C.M.R.
Tpr H. Cumming, B.H. … was actually … Tpr H.J.P. (Henry John [Peveritt]) Cumming, B.H.
Tpr --- de Klerk, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr S.J. (Stephanus Johannes) de Klerk, Q.R.V.
Sgt J. Dick, B.M.I. … was actually … Pvt. J. (John) Dick, H.L.I.
Tpr --- Edwards, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr W.A. (William Andrew) Edwards, P.A.V.G.
Cpl M. Fagan, D.D.V.G. … was actually … Pvt. J. (James) Phegan of the Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
Tpr --- Foote, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr A. (Alfred) Foote, M.M.R.
Tpr A. Gorton, C.M.R. … was actually … Tpr A. (Alfred) Gorton, Kaffrarian Rifles
Cpl F. Haynes, C.M.R. … was actually … Cpl F. (Fred) Haines, C.M.R.
Tpr R. Hewitt, C.M.R. … was actually … Tpr G.R. (George Roberts) Hewitt, C.M.R.
Sgt P.D. Hunter, F.M.R. … was actually … Q.M. Sgt P.D. (Percy Dugmore) Hunter, F.M.R.
Tpr L.W. Jenkins, F.M.R. … was actually … Tpr T.W.L. (Thomas William Llewelyn) Jenkins, F.M.R.
Pvt. D. MacFarlane, H.L.I. … was actually … Pvt. D. (David) McFarlane, H.L.I.
Cpl --- Macrane, L.S. … was actually … Cpl F. (Farquhar) MacRae, L.S.
Tpr J. McDonald, D.D.V.G. … was actually … Tpr J.B. (James B---) McDonald, B.M.I.
Tpr J. Milne, Q.R.V. … was actually … Tpr J. (James) Milne, Q.R.V.
Tpr S. Morris, C.M.R. … was actually … Tpr S. (Samuel) Morris, C.M.R.
Tpr J. O'Reilly, Brabant’s Horse … was actually … Tpr J.T. (John Theodore), O’Reilly, Brabant’s Horse
Tpr F. Quinn, D.D.V.G. … was actually … Tpr W.F. (William Francis) Quinn, D.D.V.G.
Tpr --- Randle, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr F. (Frank) Randle/Randall, Q.R.V.
Sgt R. Ray, C.P. … was actually … Sgt R.A. (Richard A---) Ray, C.P.
Sgt J.M. Reynolds, C.M.R. … was actually … Sgt J.M. (John Michael) Reynolds, C.M.R.
Tpr --- Scott, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr J.T. (John Thomas) Scott, 3rd Bn I.Y.
Tpr D. Smith, F.M.R. … was actually … Tpr D. (Daniel) Smith, F.M.R.
Tpr G. Span, C.M.R. … was actually … Tpr E.G.M. (Edmund George Mitchell) Span, C.M.R.
Tpr G.C. Thackwray, D.D.V.G. … was actually … Tpr G.C. (George Clifford) Thackwray, D.D.V.G.
Tpr S.K. Thackwray, D.D.V.G. … was actually … Tpr S.K. (Samuel Kinton) Thackwray, D.D.V.G.
Tpr --- Truter, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr C. (Charles) Truter, M.M.R.
Tpr W. Waketon, B.H. … was actually … Tpr W.H. (William Henry) Wakelin, B.H.
Tpr G. Wall, M.M.R. … was actually … Tpr G. (George) Wall, M.M.R.