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Hi,
I am a new member to this forum having found the site while doing a search and being impressed with its content.

I have done a lot of family history and while doing that became aware of such sites as Glosgen which records details of war memorials in Gloucestershire, and as a great uncle of mine was killed in the Great War I provided details of the local war memorial ... this grew and I have now done many in North Gloucestershire ..... again this grew and I have now researched the war dead in a few local villages.

While doing this I came across 2 soldiers from Guiting Power killed in the "South African War".

1) Private William Thomas Carpenter, 2nd Batt. Dorset Reg. at Almonds Nek June 11th 1900. I found him in the soldier search and the information about the Dorset Regt was very helpful.

2) Sergeant Thomas Reginald Walker, Army Medical Corps at Pretoria Dec 18th 1900. Could be me but I could NOT find him in the soldier search nor any information about the Army Medical Corps.

Now I am sure that people on this forum are as knowledgable and helpful as the people on the Great War Forum are about WWI .... so I will shout HELP, sorry if I am missing the obvious but does anybody know anything about the Army Medical Corps in the Boer War or Sergeant Thomas Reginald Walker (admittedly I have only done a little research for him).

Many thanks in advance,
Evan

Evan
My copy of the casualty roll shows one Sgt. T.R.WALKER as Died of Disease at Pretoria on 18121900 and that he was a member of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff. Note, not the Army Medical Corps (the RAMC was formed in 1898 from the Army Medical Dept/Service. The IYH was formed to specifically look after yeomen but ended up looking after all soldiers. Their hospital was recorded as being "marvellously equipped". If you wish to do any further reading on the activities of the IYH, I suggest you have a look at the book "Absent Minded Beggars" by Will Bennett ISBN 0 85052 685 X.
IL.

Welcome Evan!

Here's the announcement of the death of Thomas Walker, from The Times of 22 Dec 1900:

Evan,

There is a little information on the various IY hospitals on this page: www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/9...als?showall=&start=2

Best wishes
David

What a fantastic welcome; I make my first post in the middle of the night (I know I am a sad case!) and before lunch there is all the information I could want, fantastic.

I took the "Army Medical Corps" from the memorial in the church, now that I know he was actually a member of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff it explains why I could not find the related death (looked for wrong unit) or background on the RAMC in the Boar War on this site - now to look at correct page as provided by DJB.

I doubt if I will use this site a lot, as only a few from around here are recorded as being killed in the Boar War, but I am very impressed by the content and by the immediate response to my post.

Once again many thanks for your help.

According to the medal rolls TR Walker was in the IY Bearer Company. He earned the clasps Cape Colony, Transvaal & Orange Free State, additionally he died in Pretoria suggesting he did not serve at the IY Hospital which was at Deelfontein in the Cape Colony.

Regards
Meurig