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A terrific post card of the unveiling ceremony for the Yorkshire Regiment on 25 May 1904. To see the Roll of Honour and read more about the regiment please go to:

www.roll-of-honour.com/Yorkshire/YorkshireRegtBoerWar.html

Another QSA to a West Yorks Man.
QSA: CC, OFS, TR - 5707 PTE. A. HARRISON. W. YORKSHIRE. REGT.
Entitled to KSA with two clasps. (Location unknown - please contact me if you know of its whereabouts.)
Died on 27 Feb. 1902 and is interred in Wakkerstroom where he is commemorated on the memorial there. (Note that his name is directly above that of Pte. Hutchinson of the West Yorks whose QSA is above in this thread.

A very welcome addition to the collection is this QSA to a casualty who is on the Obelisk in York as well as the Duncombe Place Boer War Memorial across the street from the Minster.
QSA: CC, OFS, TR, SA02 – 6367 PTE. H. WEBB, YORKS REGT

Private H Webb and the 1st Bn Yorkshire Regiment was garrisoned at Elandsfontein. He was reported “died by drowning” while bathing on the 8 May 1902. Interred Germiston, Primrose; listed on memorial there. The Roll of Honour for the Yorkshire Regt. Indicates he died of disease, but all other records state he drowned.
To see the Roll of Honour and read more about the regiment please go to:

www.roll-of-honour.com/Yorkshire/YorkshireRegtBoerWar.html

Here is an example of an officer who was wounded twice, contracted typhoid (Enteric Fever) and was invalided to home in the UK where died of pneumonia on 9 October 1901. He was quite well known and is now remembered on the Duncombe Place Memorial across the street from the Minster, and on the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in All Saints Chapel within the Minster. He is also commemorated on the wall of the Winchester College Cloister. There is another plaque commemorating him in All Saints Church, Brenchley, Tunbridge Wells, Kent where he's buried in plot 13/33.


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 CLASPS, RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY,
PAARDEBERG, DRIEFONTEIN, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 ‘CAPT. O.
HARRIS. W. RIDING. RGT.’
M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901.
M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. (Mounted Infantry)
Brevet Major. London Gazette 27 September 1901. (15th Mounted Infantry)

Owen Harris was born in November 1863, and was the son of Francis Harris, M.D., of 24 Cavendish Square, London and the Grange, Lamberhurst. Harris was educated at Winchester, (1877-1882 - F House)
and married Helen Carleton Harris of Tylney Hall on 21 April 1892.

He was initially commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment. He transferred to the West Riding Regiment in January 1884, and advanced to Captain in February 1890. Harris served as adjutant of volunteers, February 1892 - February 1898. Captain Harris arrived with the 1st Battalion at the Cape on 21 January 1900, the battalion forming part of the 13th Brigade under Major General O E Knox, 6th Division under Lieutenant General Kelly-Kenny. The whole division distinguished themselves in the advance from Modder River to Bloemfontein. Captain Harris was wounded in action at Klip Kraal, 16 February 1900, during the Relief of Kimberley, where the battalion lost 1 man killed, 2 officers and 27 men wounded. His wounds cannot have been too severe as two days later he took part in the battle of Paardeberg, the battalion suffering heavy casualties of 1 officer and 22 men killed, and 2 officers and 104 men wounded.

Harris was given command of the battalions mounted infantry company some time after its arrival in South Africa, for although he was certainly serving with the 8th Mounted Infantry when wounded for a second time at the battle at Bothaville (Doornkraal), 6 November 1900, he was not a member of the company when it landed in the Cape a short time before the action at Klip Kraal and therefore served with his regiment at this battle. On 22 February 1901, Captain Harris was given command of the 16th Battalion Mounted Infantry (with the local rank of Major) but by September when awarded the Brevet of Major, he was serving with the 15th Battalion Mounted Infantry.

He contracted enteric fever shortly after and was invalided home. Major Harris died of enteric fever and pneumonia, 9 October 1901. He was only 37 years old.